More on the FCC and ‘net neutrality’

It seems several commenters to my article yesterday about the FCC’s power grab over the Internet disagreed with my perspective, and that of John Fund. I’m afraid they’re wrong . . . dangerously so. To clarify the situation, I wanted to put up a couple more links. First, Adam Thierer points out the real danger… Continue reading More on the FCC and ‘net neutrality’

More on online privacy and Internet tracking

Yesterday I wrote about the growing threat to our online privacy. A reader e-mailed me links to a number of articles on CNN that address the same issue. I thought they were worth mentioning to those who’d found the earlier article interesting. Amitai Etzioni asks ‘Who is really stealing your privacy?‘ He makes the point… Continue reading More on online privacy and Internet tracking

Our online privacy grows less and less

I don’t know about you, but I’m getting more and more fed up at the onslaught being directed against our online privacy by corporate interests. It’s gotten so that one has to take almost wartime security measures to protect one’s browsing habits, preferences and personal details! The Wall Street Journal has an excellent series on… Continue reading Our online privacy grows less and less

More on the fatheads at the TSA

I wrote last week about the Transportation Security Administration and its latest inanities (or should that be ‘insanities’?). I’m very pleased to note that a great many Americans are taking umbrage at the TSA’s gratuitously offensive and patently ineffective measures, and are not only objecting to them, but mocking them into the bargain. I sincerely… Continue reading More on the fatheads at the TSA

The inevitable result of the Welfare State?

A report from England perfectly illustrates the problem of a ‘nanny State’ that provides everything for its citizens. Education Department figures show more than one million school-leavers, one in five, are classed as Neet – not in education, employment or training. And more than 800,000 of them are capable of holding down a job –… Continue reading The inevitable result of the Welfare State?

Mental health danger, or scare tactics by Big Brother?

Earlier this week it was announced, to some fanfare, that almost a fifth of Americans suffered from some form of mental ‘illness’ in 2009. CNBC reports: More than 45 million Americans, or 20 percent of U.S. adults, had some form of mental illness last year, and 11 million had a serious illness, U.S. government researchers… Continue reading Mental health danger, or scare tactics by Big Brother?

The TSA and airline (in)security

I’ve resisted the urge to comment on the latest stupidities being perpetrated by the Transportation Security Administration . . . but their conduct has become so egregious, and their arrogance so vast and overwhelming, that I can’t keep silent any longer. It’s long gone time that these bureaucratic Evil Overlords were given their come-uppance. Their… Continue reading The TSA and airline (in)security

An interesting test for laws and regulations

Joe Huffman has come up with a very interesting test which he applies to any law or regulation, to see whether it’s acceptable or not. Basically, if it infringes upon the freedom of the individual to an unacceptable degree, it’s not acceptable to him. He writes: People tend to understand the importance of freedom of… Continue reading An interesting test for laws and regulations

This makes me want to hang Big Brother!

I’m seething with anger at a news report from Pennsylvania. It seems a mother had her child taken away from her, three days after birth, because the hospital tested her blood for opiates and it returned a positive result. The hospital didn’t bother to investigate further; they simply informed Pennsylvania’s Children and Youth Services (CYS),… Continue reading This makes me want to hang Big Brother!