Shrink the State. End the Fed. Balance the budget. Make a profit. Leave an inheritance.
Gary North
“I want Snowden here by noon. Have Lester cover the CIA hearings. And give the White House to Doris.” This bit of dialogue in Network, the black comedy written by Paddy Chayefsky, appears about 9 minutes and 45 seconds into the movie. This introduces us to the working day of a news team of a [...]
Continue reading →A recent Pew Research poll reveals that a majority of Americans don’t care that the NSA spies on them. Or do they? A Gallup poll says a little over half are concerned. The voters are split down the middle: as this nation has been for a decade, which is why we got two terms for [...]
Continue reading →Al Franken is the U.S. Senator from Minnesota. He recently gave a local TV interview. He is the chairman of — get this — the Senate subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law. He said this. “As chairman of the Privacy, Technology and Law subcommittee, probably no one looks at the right to privacy more [...]
Continue reading →If there was any question about the impact of Edward Snowden’s revelations about digital spying on Americans, the sales of George Orwell’s classic novel on Big Brother dispels them. It has moved from lower than 7,000 to #125 on Amazon’s best-seller list. The anti-utopian novel was published in 1949. It is the story of a [...]
Continue reading →It’s perfectly clear to me. Power is addictive.
Continue reading →I bought a crash helmet in 1962, the year I bought a used Honda Dream 150. I drove in my parents’ car to Bell, California, and bought a Bell helmet at the factory. Honda and Bell helmets have done very well since 1962. I did not ride my motorcycle without wearing my helmet. It even [...]
Continue reading →That was back in 2010. This was reported in The Washington Post. There are probably more now. The Post reported: At least 20 percent of the government organizations that exist to fend off terrorist threats were established or refashioned in the wake of 9/11. Many that existed before the attacks grew to historic proportions as [...]
Continue reading →The senior snooper in the United States is named Clapper. He defends the present system. I have great difficulty taking his statement seriously. I have great difficulty taking seriously anything he says. That is because of this. A clapper sounds the alarm. James Clapper keeps the alarm from being sounded. He has been de-clappered.
Continue reading →Matt Drudge knows what his readers like to read. Today’s headlines are all on one theme: the federal government’s domestic spying. He was just getting warmed up. This was choice. This will in no way reverse the process. The cost of monitoring everyone continues to fall. Economics teaches that when the price of anything falls, [...]
Continue reading →Three tax-funded schools in Florida allowed a profit-seeking firm onto the campuses to scan the eyes of children. These are the equivalent of fingerprints. The schools did not notify parents. The scanning was done without parental authorization. This technology is spreading. It is part of a nationwide program. More than one profit-seeking firm is trying [...]
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