Two of the principal mechanisms by which the rulers of 20th century police states maintained their control over their people were the file and the internal passport. These governments kept a cumulative file (called the dangan in Communist China) on … [Read more...] about Monitoring Americans by I.D. and Federal Database
Consumers Should Hang Up on the Gore Phone Tax
The Conventional Wisdom circulating in Capitol cloakrooms is that Republicans should not move forward on impeachment of Bill Clinton because (a) polls show the public is nonchalant about his sins and (b) the fear of running against Al Gore as … [Read more...] about Consumers Should Hang Up on the Gore Phone Tax
Calling Activist Judges to the Bar of Public Opinion
Since the Republican Congress has defaulted in its responsibility to use constitutional checks and balances to rein in the imperial judiciary, the Family Research Council sponsored an event at the National Press Club called the Court Jester Awards. … [Read more...] about Calling Activist Judges to the Bar of Public Opinion
Why Is Congress Criminalizing Copyright Law?
A new plan to straitjacket the American public by criminalizing a common American practice is hidden in the WIPO Copyright Treaties Implementation Act. Powerful Hollywood and software corporations that are afraid of losing money from high-tech … [Read more...] about Why Is Congress Criminalizing Copyright Law?
Celebrating the Massacre of Tiananmen Square
President Bill Clinton's projected trip to China later this month, and to Tiananmen Square on the ninth anniversary of the massacre of the students there, will be a national embarrassment. Clinton's trip will pay homage to the Butchers of Beijing who … [Read more...] about Celebrating the Massacre of Tiananmen Square
Holy Smoke! It’s a Smokescreen for Bigger Government
Raise taxes on American workers who make little more than $250 a week, and pay billions of dollars to lawyers who make far more than $250 an hour. That's what the tobacco bill will do. The trial lawyers promoting it are so powerful that they even … [Read more...] about Holy Smoke! It’s a Smokescreen for Bigger Government
The China Connection Is the Real Scandal — June 1998
The China Connection Is the Real Scandal Now we know why the Democrats were so vicious in their attacks on Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN) and Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN). Theirs were the committees that were closing in on the China connection, the … [Read more...] about The China Connection Is the Real Scandal — June 1998
The Surplus That Politicians Want to Hide
For the fifth straight quarter, the U.S. Treasury opened up its sacks of mail and discovered an unexpected windfall of money. April's surplus is more than three times larger than the Congressional Budget Office and other Congressional forecasters had … [Read more...] about The Surplus That Politicians Want to Hide
Copyrights vs. The Public Interest
Bill Clinton got a big laugh when he joked at the White House Correspondents' Dinner that the 105th Congress is, like Seinfeld, about "nothing." But that's not true; Congress is trying to pass some very detrimental laws in some areas where we wish it … [Read more...] about Copyrights vs. The Public Interest
Let’s Play Twenty Questions about NATO Expansion
The Senate is scheduled to vote this week on the centerpiece of Clinton's global plans, the NATO Expansion Treaty. Because this treaty would control our foreign policy for decades into the future, we are entitled to have the answers to these twenty … [Read more...] about Let’s Play Twenty Questions about NATO Expansion
