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Is Facebook Invading Your Right to Privacy?

Amy Peikoff | 9 June 2011
As it stands, our legal protection for privacy rests upon a “right” to privacy that is no more than a permission...

Americans Hooked on Medicare Crack

Michael Hurd | 7 June 2011
Nobody "hooks" you without your consent.

Health Care and Political Hypocrisy About Privacy

Richard Ralston | 19 June 2006
In response to the National Security Agency's acquisition of private telephone call databases, a lot of politicians -- even those who were given frequent briefings about the program for more than four years -- claim to be deeply shocked about this government intrusion into our private lives.

Spying and Privacy Rights: Is Spying Absolutely Always Wrong?

Michael Hurd | 6 January 2006
I want my government to spy and do whatever else it takes to catch terrorists.

Let the Patriot Act Die

Tom DeWeese | 17 June 2004
Repealing our liberties in the name of fighting terrorism will not lead to peace.

Total Surveillance Equals Total Tyranny

Tom DeWeese | 24 August 2003
The newly enacted regulations are being applied in the name of fighting terrorism, but are really about a different agenda.

Missing Manners

Sonia Arrison | 23 May 2003
Different motivations drive arguments in favor of privacy, which makes it easy for individuals to appear hopelessly inconsistent on the matter.

"Tax information" Exchanges: A Fishing Expedition to Violate Privacy and Property Rights

Richard Salsman | 21 September 2002
The IRS is targeting the Atlases of the world -- not actual criminals or terrorists, but law-abiding tax-minimizers who are nonetheless labeled (and treated like) "criminals."

Birth of Big Brother: How the Court deep-sixed the Tenth

George Smith | 2 March 2002
Although the state relies on the threat of force to fund that budget, most Americans support big government and willingly pay their taxes.

The Right To Know What the Government is Doing

Nicole Taylor | 13 December 2001
The Freedom of Information Act was supposed to give the public right of access to the facts of government. Today it is in danger of becoming a symbolic measure.
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