I remember, just after the Madrid train bombing, how people (well, politicians) were talking about turning off cell phone networks during a terrorist attack. I also remember thinking about how stupid that would be.
Category: politics
School Controls Speech
“It’s true that under the Court’s Establishment Clause caselaw the government generally may not itself engage in religious speech, nor may it give preferential treatment to religious speech. But this ban on government preferences for religious speech doesn’t require or authorize discrimination against private religious speech. Such discrimination is itself unconstitutional; it violates the Free Speech Clause, and in my view the Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Clause as well (though that’s less clear than the Free Speech Clause violation).”
Why do So Many Libertarians Blog?
A very interesting take on the blogging situation, and libertarian-ism (is that even a word?). It certainly fits in my case!
Homeland Security & Men with Bloody Chainsaws
Apparently someone carrying a bunch of weapons (swords, knives, and a bloody chainsaw) was let across the border (the weapons were confiscated, though – thank goodness!).
Schneier on Security: TSA Abuse of Power
Reading this made me cringe. Am I wrong to be worried about this?