Well this is troubling to say the least: If the police arrest you, do they need a warrant to rifle through your cellphone? Courts have been split on the question. Last week the Obama administration asked the Supreme Court to resolve the issue and rule that the Fourth Amendment allows warrantless cellphone searches. In 2007, …
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In light of Edward Snowden’s attempts to receive asylum abroad, the debate on his character began right on cue. On Sunday, June 23rd, news outlets reported that he arrived in Moscow after fleeing Hong Kong. It is unclear where he will go next. It’s possible he will end up in Ecuador or Venezuela. WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange has stated …
Attacking Snowden? It’s What The Government WantsRead More »
In yet another example of President Obama’s disconnect over what is important to the electorate and the American people, he will be delivering a major speech on climate change at Georgetown University this Tuesday. The President is expected to lay out a bunch of executive actions (what else is new?), one of which may be …
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The curious thing about politics is that one cannot advance one’s ideological agenda without the power to do so, and at its core politics is about the accumulation and usage of power. We’ve known this for millennia; just look at the writings of the Greek philosophers. Heck, Cicero once published a pamphlet about winning elections …
What would the Iran-Contra scandal have looked like in a social media driven world? How about the Monica Lewinsky scandal? Would it have changed anything? Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton were two of the most gifted politicians of the modern era. The two, working with similar gifts of charisma and folksiness, were able to look …
The Era Of Reagan and Clinton Politics Is Over. Here’s WhyRead More »
Described below is the fate of Eddie Willers, long-time faithful assistant to Dagny Taggart: “He stepped to the front of the engine and looked at the letters TT. Then he collapsed across the rail and lay sobbing at the foot of the engine, with a beam of motionless headlight above him going off into a …
Who Is John Galt? Happy Warrior or Elitist You’d Dread Inviting Over for Dinner?Read More »
In the wake of the explosion of scandals popping up around the Obama administration, Democrats have been devising ways to get ahead of the new information about the IRS, the AP, and Benghazi leaking out every day. Longevity may be what gives rise to “the second-term scandal plague.” This is the cause political scientist Brendan Nyhan cited …
Will Obama Scandals Turn Tide Against Government?Read More »
This past week has not been kind to President Obama and his administration, in what Daily Show host Jon Stewart has deemed “Hurricane Scandy, the tropical shit-storm.” First there was increased scrutiny over the attacks in Benghazi, then came the news that the IRS had been targeting conservative groups, and finally the worst of them all. …
President Obama: I Didn’t Know And It’s Not My FaultRead More »
2016 seems like a lifetime away. Yet the campaign for the 2016 election will begin in earnest in just a little over 2 years. In the summer of 2015, presidential candidates on both sides will start to stake out their ground. The 2016 field for the GOP is expected, at this point, to be pretty wide …
Conservatives and GOP Eat Their Own While Democrats WinRead More »
Currently Cato Unbound is running a series of essays on the state of conservative-libertarian Fusion, specifically evaluating whether these two philosophies can maintain their increasingly fractious alliance in this emerging era of Rand Paul. Since Pocket Full of Liberty is a blog that features the voices of libertarians and conservatives interested in winning and advancing …