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Stupid Food and Drink Bans

By Alan Caruba

Anyone, any city, and any governing body that passes laws to ban what you eat and drink has not read the U.S. Constitution. There is nothing in there granting them the power to decide what you eat and how much.

Indeed, if you think about it, the Constitution was written to “preserve, protect…

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Added by Alan Caruba on March 12, 2013 at 9:11am — No Comments

Coloring Book Publisher Gets Death Threats

So, it's come to this:

The author-publisher of "The Tea Party Coloring Book…

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Added by Ben Boychuk on September 30, 2010 at 7:01pm — 2 Comments

Pelosi: Investigate Those Mosque Opponents

Contrary to what you may read at the Daily Beast, Salon, Talking Points Memo, and… Continue

Added by Ben Boychuk on August 18, 2010 at 12:17pm — 1 Comment

Best of The Freedom Pub This Week

Lots of new members of The Freedom Pub this week. That's very good to see. If you're not a regular at The Pub, head on over, sign in and join the conversation by blogging and commenting on the opinions of other lovers of freedom. If you are a member, keep your eye out for your stuff being mentioned as part of…

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Added by Jim Lakely on July 18, 2010 at 6:00am — No Comments

Best of The Freedom Pub This Week

The World Cup is over (Congrats, Spain), the vuvuzelas are silent (thank God), but the action at The Freedom Pub continues. If you're not a regular at The Pub, head on over, sign in and join the conversation with other lovers of freedom. If you are a member, keep your eye out for your stuff being mentioned as part of The Best of The Pub This Week. (If you don't post, you can't win!) And, as…

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Added by Jim Lakely on July 11, 2010 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Self-evident Truth vs. 'Progress'

Calvin Coolidge is remembered, incorrectly, for not saying very much. But the 30th president delivered one of the finest analyses of the Declaration of Independence on the 150th anniversary celebration of independence in 1926. It's a long speech. You should read the whole thing. In the context of the ongoing argument between "conservatives" and "progressives," however, one part is worth…

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Added by Ben Boychuk on July 3, 2010 at 10:39am — 11 Comments

'The Second Day of July, 1776, Will Be the Most Memorable Epocha in the History of America...'

Independence Day may be my favorite holiday. Sure, I love Christmas and Thanksgiving, and Easter and St. Patrick's Day are not without their charms. But America's birthday is a holiday like no other. Over the past eight years or so, with two exceptions, we've helped put on a large block party, complete with games, food, strong drink, music, patriotic readings, and, when the sun goes down,… Continue

Added by Ben Boychuk on July 2, 2010 at 7:29pm — No Comments

They Came for Our Salt, Now Our Sugar ...

It was inevitable, wasn't… Continue

Added by Jim Lakely on July 2, 2010 at 7:30am — 7 Comments

Feeling Safer? The No-Fly List Snares A 6-Year-Old

Six-year-old ~~Harry Buttle~~ Alyssa Thomas is on the U.S. government's "No Fly" list. According to a local Fox affiliate report, the Westlake, Ohio girl's parents learned she was on the list during a recent trip from Cleveland to Minneapolis.

"We were, like, puzzled," said Dr. Santhosh Thomas, Alyssa's weirdly inarticulate father. "I'm like, well, she's kinda six-years-old and…

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Added by Ben Boychuk on June 27, 2010 at 9:26pm — 1 Comment

Beware the Administrative State

Joseph Wesley Postell, assistant director of the Heritage Foundation's Center for American Studies, has a pretty good piece in the Washington Times today on the decline of constitutionalism and the rise of the administrative state: …

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Added by Ben Boychuk on May 6, 2010 at 4:52pm — 4 Comments

Best of The Freedom Pub This Week

As usual, lots of thought-provoking posts at The Freedom Pub this week. It's hard to limit the "best" posts to fewer than 10, but this…

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Added by Jim Lakely on May 1, 2010 at 10:52pm — No Comments

Wastin' Away in NannyState-a-ville

Jimmy Buffett isn't the only one who's going to be searching for his lost shaker of salt. We all will, if the Food & Drug Administration gets its way. Via Mary Katherine Ham at The Weekly… Continue

Added by Jim Lakely on April 20, 2010 at 3:18pm — 7 Comments

Tea Parties and 'Serenity' — a match made in Hollywood

I was re-watching the movie "Serenity" by the creative genius known as Joss Whedon the other day. And the opening scene seems very applicable to the motivations of the Tea Partiers taking to the streets all over the country today.

I made this video last night to illustrate what I mean.

Find more videos like this on Freedom… Continue

Added by Jim Lakely on April 15, 2010 at 12:00pm — 4 Comments