Archive for Wendy McElroy
Freeman contributing editor Wendy McElroy is an author and the editor of ifeminists.com.
New Threats to Freedom: From Banning Ice Cream Trucks in Brooklyn to Abandoning Democracy Around the World
New Threats to Freedom, edited and introduced by HarperCollins’s executive editor Adam Bellow, is an ambitious anthology. Its premise: The twentieth century faced unique threats to freedom, such as communism and fascism, and the 21st century equally confronts unique challenges to the preservation of freedom. Thirty renowned authors examine 30 of those “threats,” which include [...]
4Jan2012 | Wendy McElroy | 3 comments | ContinuedVivien Kellems: Giving the Taxman Hell
If principles are expressed through people, then Vivien Kellems’s life shouts out that business is not the handmaiden of government.
3Jan2012 | Wendy McElroy | 19 comments | ContinuedEconomic Independence: Bedrock of Freedom
Economic independence is the bedrock of all other freedoms.
20Dec2011 | Wendy McElroy | 15 comments | ContinuedDestroying Childhood to Save Children
Laws that mandate the reporting of any suspicious contact with children will result in a dramatic increase in false or malicious accounts that harm innocent people.
6Dec2011 | Wendy McElroy | 24 comments | ContinuedThe Roots of Surveillance America
A supremely political animal, J. Edgar Hoover occupied high office for nearly 50 years, during which he was instrumental in laying the foundation for a national security state.
22Nov2011 | Wendy McElroy | 13 comments | ContinuedMoney-Grabs Go to Next Level
Prisoners in Riverside County, California, who have assets may soon be required to fork over approximately $143 a day for their stay in what County Supervisor Jeff Stone calls the “Prison Hotel.”
8Nov2011 | Wendy McElroy | 18 comments | ContinuedPsst! Wanna Buy a Bridge for Cash?
A Louisiana law that took effect in August seeks to prevent the sale of stolen bridges by outlawing cash transactions in secondhand goods.
25Oct2011 | Wendy McElroy | 19 comments | ContinuedWhy Not to Scorn Occupy Wall Street
OWS offers a blank slate for libertarians willing to write their own messages and march.
11Oct2011 | Wendy McElroy | 56 comments | ContinuedPatently Improper
Whether you agree with the original purpose of patents in America or believe (as I do) that all patents are improper, the America Invents Act is repellent.
27Sep2011 | Wendy McElroy | 26 comments | ContinuedWhither Glik . . . and Why?
The Glik case is important for advancing police transparency and accountability, without which it is not safe for anyone to walk down a street in America.
13Sep2011 | Wendy McElroy | 14 comments | ContinuedZombie Feminism and Prudish SlutWalkers
The demonstrators are using the ill-considered words of one ignorant policeman as a reason to throw a street party.
30Aug2011 | Wendy McElroy | 21 comments | ContinuedWas Freeborn John Tortured in Vain?
The right against self-incrimination is currently under concerted attack by those who pit it against “security.”
16Aug2011 | Wendy McElroy | 14 comments | ContinuedSecurity Theater Adds a New Act
TSA agents plan to “chat you up” … or maybe they will interrogate you under sweat-inducing spotlights.
2Aug2011 | Wendy McElroy | 23 comments | ContinuedThe Lurking Urge to Applaud Gay Marriage
The expansion of entitlements is the expansion of injustice and a step in the wrong direction.
19Jul2011 | Wendy McElroy | 39 comments | ContinuedA Hidden Victory for Gun Rights
A significant gun-rights victory in the U.S. Supreme Court is being interpreted almost exclusively as a free-speech victory.
5Jul2011 | Wendy McElroy | 11 comments | ContinuedThe Modern Union versus Workers’ Rights
The raging controversy in Wisconsin over eliminating collective bargaining “rights” for government employees cast a bright and harsh light on public-sector unions. Some commentators have distinguished public-sector unions from private-sector unions, but the vested interests of the two are much the same. Both are expressions of what might be called “the modern union,” which came [...]
22Jun2011 | Wendy McElroy | 4 comments | ContinuedDumbing Down the Charge of Rape
Under the new Office of Civil Rights policy, colleges will judge students accused of on-campus sex crimes according to the civil court standard of “preponderance of the evidence” rather than the higher criminal court standard of “beyond a reasonable doubt.”
7Jun2011 | Wendy McElroy | 26 comments | Continued-
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