All Posts Tagged With: "freedom of the press"
The Post Office as a Violation of Constitutional Rights
In September 2000, the United States Postal Service (USPS) launched a $12 million campaign to advertise a new Internet service, eBillPay, through which customers could pay their bills electronically. EBillPay is one of several new e-services designed to woo back the growing army of Americans who would rather click a mouse than lick a stamp [...]
1May2001 | Wendy McElroy | 3 comments | ContinuedLiberating the Jury
Nathan Lapp is a dairy farmer and coordinator of the New York Fully Informed Jury Association in Cassadaga, New York. When disputes arise over who has the freedom to do what, fundamental principles of fairness, or “right reason,” as Roman philosopher Cicero phrased it, must come into play.[1] For this task, the founders recommended trial [...]
1Mar1998 | Nathan Lapp | 1 comment | ContinuedPaparazzi and Public Property
Tibor Machan is professor of philosophy at Auburn University, Alabama (on leave), distinguished fellow and professor at the Leatherby Center of Chapman University, California, and research fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford, California. He is author of, among other books, Private Rights and Public Illusions (1995). In the wake of the crash that killed Princess [...]
1Dec1997 | Tibor R. Machan | 1 comment | ContinuedThomas Babington Macaulay: Extraordinary Eloquence for Liberty
Thomas Babington Macaulay ranks among the most eloquent of all authors on liberty. In terms of the sheer quantity and range of eloquence, perhaps only Thomas Jefferson soared to such breathtaking heights.
1Oct1996 | Jim Powell | 2 comments | Continued-
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