Let us not rush into a vast expansion of government power in a misguided attempt to protect freedom. In doing so, we will inevitably erode the very freedom we seek to protect.
BOB BARRFor far too long the American public and business sector have kept their silence as civil liberties have been whittled away by statutory and regulatory measures.
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For far too long the American public and business sector have kept their silence as civil liberties have been whittled away by statutory and regulatory measures.
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The backlash against Big Government is an encouraging sign of a growing resistance to the mission creep of federal power.
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History has shown that Big Government expands quickest in the immediate aftermath of a crisis – real or manufactured.
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Courts have long recognized the federal government’s robust power to inspect people and goods entering the country.
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Looking down the road, space exploration and the benefits it yields – in medicine and information technology – should not be overlooked.
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The seemingly omnipresent storm clouds hanging over the Constitution often make it hard to find a silver lining.
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In a single generation, the Internet has given to virtually every person on the face of the earth the ability to communicate with fellow human beings on virtually any topic, at any time, and in every nook and cranny on the globe.
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The Tea Party knows that continuing to delay charting a course to spending reform hurts everybody.
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I believe great damage is being done to our Constitution, and I see no remedy at all, no likelihood of that changing, if we rely on the two parties to field our candidates for national office.
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Every day, the front page of The Drudge Report is littered with stories of government assaults on our civil liberties – from local government officials all the way up to the Oval Office.
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The Republican Party has become the party of the government status quo, and conservatives see no reason to reward it with their votes.
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It is not just software glitches and corrupted memory cards that should be on the minds of election officials.
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Taking privacy cues from the federal government is – to say the least – ironic, considering today’s Orwellian level of surveillance.
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The way to achieve this goal is you go negative and you don’t let up. If you’re always attacking your accusers, the debate becomes one of Democrat vs. Republican, rather than right vs. wrong.
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This magnificent invention has done this without succumbing to government control.
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