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Where We’re Headed…

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I have a feeling that Refusenik types like me will be the next crop to be harvested. (The first being overt “threats” to the government.) Everything’s already in place; the circle is closing. Soon it will be impossible to pretend we still live in an even semi-free country.  I try to practice avoidance – for…

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I Guess The Terrorists Like Us Now…

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I guess the terrorists like us now. I mean, we were told after 9/11 that they attacked because they “hate us for our freedoms.”  Remember that? Well, since we’re not very free these days, the terrorists must not have a bone to pick anymore. Right? Consider: * Our calls and e-mails and web browsing habits…

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Before There Was a TSA There Was MADD

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A hallmark of a totalitarian (or at least, authoritarian) country is the legal impossibility of anonymous, unhassled travel. “Your papers, please” was synonymous – once upon a time – with countries like NS Germany and, of course, the old Soviet Union. Not America. As recently as the late 1980s, one could walk right up to…

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