All Posts Tagged With: "abuse of power"

Who Killed the Constitution? The Fate of American Liberty from World War I to George W. Bush

There have now been many conservative and libertarian books covering the demise of American liberty under the U.S. Constitution, so if you don’t think you need to read another one, I understand.
Still, if that’s what you think, you’re wrong.
The latest entry in the genre, Thomas Woods and Kevin Gutzman’s Who Killed the Constitution?, is something [...]

17Jun2009 | J.H. Huebert | 1 comment | Continued

The Militarization of American Police

In the summer of 2006 a frail, troubled 18-year-old girl named Ashley MacDonald ran through a nearly empty Huntington Beach, California, city park in the early morning holding a small knife. An onlooker called the police and soon two large male officers showed up. They shot the girl to death with 18 bullets, claiming she [...]

1Mar2008 | Steven Greenhut | 20 comments | Continued

Book Reviews – October 2006

  • Reviving the Invisible Hand: The
    Case for Classical Liberalism in the Twenty-First Century
    by Deepak Lal Reviewed by Richard M. Ebeling
  • Laws of Fear
    by Cass Sunstein Reviewed by Donald J. Boudreaux
  • Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an
    Empire’s
    Slaves
    by Adam Hochschild Reviewed by Becky Akers
  • Why Men Earn More
    by Warren Farrell Reviewed by George C. Leef
1Oct2006 | agardner | 0 comments | Continued