WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2023
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Just and moderate governments are every where quiet, every where safe. But oppression raises ferments, and makes men struggle to cast off an uneasy and tyrannical yoke.
– John Locke, A Letter Concerning Toleration (1689) |
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December 13, 2023
Another U.S. Spy for Cuba
U.S. spies for Cuba are in the news. Last week, U.S. officials announced the arrest of Victor Manuel Rocha, 73, a former U.S. ambassador, on charges of having spied for Cuba since the 1970s. Meanwhile, Ana Montes, a former analyst for the Defense Intelligence Agency, was recently released from federal prison after serving a 20-year sentence for spying for Cuba. In the context … |
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Is Free Speech a Relic in America?
by James Bovard
Is the First Amendment becoming a historic relic? On July 4, 2023, federal judge Terry Doughty condemned the Biden administration for potentially “the most … |
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Conservatives, Skittles, and Drugs
by Laurence M. Vance
Conservatives have been fairly quiet about the new law in California that bans certain additives used in candy and other foods, though not because … |
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Tyranny Comes to Main Street
by James Bovard
The following is the first chapter of the new book by James Bovard, Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty. Americans today … |
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