N.C. Senator Calls for “Backdoors” in Encryption
Last week, Senator Richard Burr (R-N.C.), chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence, wrote an error-laden piece for the Wall Street Journal in which he claimed that "Encrypted devices...
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First “Clock Boy,” Now “Backpack Boy,” What’s Next?
In a Dallas suburb earlier this month, a 12-year-old Sikh boy, Armaan Singh, was arrested for bringing a backpack with a built-in mobile phone charger to school and claiming...
Virginia Refuses to Honor Concealed Carry Permits From 25 States
Virginia's Attorney General Mark Herring announced Tuesday that the Old Dominion State will no longer recognize concealed carry permits from 25 states that had previously been recognized. The move...
The Force Awakens: The Best Star Wars Film Yet
A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, there was a Republic, a Galactic Empire, and a rag-tag band of freedom fighters called "the Rebellion." There were...
Do Guns Really Kill As Many Americans As Cars?
News reports of a study published last week claim that for the first time in more than 60 years, guns kill as many Americans as do cars. The author...
Sam’s Club CEO Admits Hiring and Promotions Based on Race and Gender
Sam's Club CEO Rosalind Brewer caused a stir last week when she told CNN's Poppy Harlow that she makes diversity "a priority" in her leadership team. She said, "I...
Is The Abortion Rate Really Lower Than Ever?
A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that the U.S. abortion rate is lower than ever. The CDC has been tracking the abortion rate...
Mistrial Declared in Freddie Gray Police Trial
A Baltimore circuit court judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the case of Baltimore police officer William Porter. Porter is one of six officers charged in the death of...
Top Cops Call for an Armed Citizenry to Combat Crime; Terrorism
After militant Islamists killed 14 people in San Bernardino, some sheriffs and police chiefs are defying the party line and calling on citizens to arm themselves. Law enforcement's typical...
Chicago Mayor Apologizes Amid Demands for Resignation
In the wake of the recent release of the dashcam video showing the police shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in Chicago last year, protesters are demanding the resignations of...
Google Uses Education Apps to Spy on Students
A non-profit organization dedicated to exposing threats to digital liberties and preserving those liberties has accused Google of spying on students via the use of Chromebooks in schools. In...
Clinton’s E-mail Evasions
Under U.S. law, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had to keep communications secure. But she didn’t. And she has been caught numerous times lying about her actions. ...
Government and Corporations Are Responsible for Culture of Surveillance
In the almost two and a half years since former NSA contractor Ed Snowden revealed the ubiquitous surveillance under which the world lives, much of the focus has been...
Hillary’s E-mails Contradict Her Benghazi Testimony
Hillary Clinton spent 11 hours testifying before the House Select Committee on Benghazi on October 22, 2015. It looks like she spent much of that time misleading the committee...
USA FREEDOM Act: New Law, Same Surveillance
On Saturday, November 28, 2015, the NSA telephone surveillance program ended. Except that it didn't. The spying program — made famous when former NSA contractor Ed Snowden leaked a...