Jim Bovard talks about the federal pressure for states to comply with their "REAL ID" laws, which place higher standards on proving one's identity and may require the submission of fingerprints or even DNA samples. Bovard reminds us that even if the requirements...
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News Roundup 1/24/20
US News The Justice Department says the FBI should not have spied on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. [Link] The US bars Iranians from receiving trade or investment visas. [Link] Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin says American CEOs should still do business...
News Roundup 1/23/20
US News Local police are using license plate readers to help the federal government build a massive database. [Link] More than 2,000 vets have filed a lawsuit against 3M for producing defective earplugs. [Link] The Guardian reports Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin...
Another Victim in America’s Drug War
On November 15, 2018, my wife came home to give me the worst news that I have ever gotten in my adult life. My stepdaughter, Mandy Koblischek, who had been my stepdaughter for the past 21 years, and who I loved dearly, died from a lethal overdose of heroin laced with...
Guaido’s Last Ride
Remember Juan Guaido? Just a year ago the Venezuelan politician, unknown even in his own country, was tapped by the US government to lead a coup against the elected government of Nicolas Maduro. In a phone call with no less than Vice President Mike Pence himself,...
Ottoman Archives Help Palestinians Reclaim Their Land
Ahmed Melhem at Al-Monitor writes about the release of 140,000 microfilm pages from the Ottoman archives by Turkey. These documents are helping Palestinians to prove ownership of property expropriated by Israel under the pretext they were state property and prove the...
MLK: ‘Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam’
April 30, 1967, Riverside Church, New York https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyE4eo_leX8 The sermon which I am preaching this morning in a sense is not the usual kind of sermon, but it is a sermon and an important subject, nevertheless, because the issue that I will be...
Two replies to shut down the “healthcare and housing are human rights” argument
There is no shortage of politicians and other armchair philosophers insisting that things like healthcare and housing are “human rights.” Anyone watching the Democratic presidential debates, or having spent five minutes on social media, has no doubt heard this refrain...
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