Liberty Defined: 50 Essential Issues That Affect Our Freedom (38 page)

1
. An excellent overview of the history of the idea of liberty and its right is Rodney Stark,
The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success
(Random House, 2005) and Ludwig von Mises,
Liberalism
(Mises Institute [1929] 2010)

1
. Akinrinola Bankole, et al., “Reasons Why Women Have Induced Abortions: Evidence from 27 Countries.” International Family Planning Perspectives (1998).

2
. Susan A. Cohen, “Repeat Abortion, Repeat Unintended Pregnancy, Repeated and Misguided Government Policies.”
Guttmacher
Policy Review
, Spring 2007, Volume 10, Number 2.

1
. Glenn Greenwald, “Confirmed: Obama authorizes assassination of U.S. citizen.”
Salon
, April 7, 2010.
Salon.com
.

2
. This statement was made in Congressional testimony and is widely documented. See, e.g.,
http://www.democracynow.org/
.

1
. The Causes of the Economic Crisis, “Stabilization of the Monetary Unit,” (Auburn, AL: Mises Institute, 2006), p. 14.

1
. There are many, many more examples of this archived at
FreedomRadio.com
, with complete citations to each case.

1
. “Secrets of History: The CIA in Iran,”
New York Times
, April 16, 2000.

2
. “Total U.S. Intelligence Bill Revealed for First Time,” Associated Press, October 28, 2010.

3
. Coletta Youngers, Eileen Rosin, eds.
Drugs and Democracy in Latin America: The Impact of U.S. Policy
(Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2005), p. 206.

4
. Jacob Hornberg, “More CIA Killings, Lies, and Cover-Ups,” November 21, 2008,
FFF.org
.

1
. “Muhammad Ali: The Greatest,”
Time
, June 14, 1999.

2
. “The Greatest Is Gone,”
Time
, February 27, 1978.

3
. A good roundup of the case can be found at Wikipedia /Ruby_Ridge, accessed December 15, 2010.

1
.
SSS.gov
says: “Almost all male U.S. citizens, and male aliens living in the U.S., who are 18 through 25, are required to register with Selective Service. It’s important to know that even though he is registered, a man will not automatically be inducted into the military. In a crisis requiring a draft, men would be called in sequence determined by random lottery number and year of birth. Then, they would be examined for mental, physical and moral fitness by the military before being deferred or exempted from military service or inducted into the Armed Forces.”

2
. Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, “The American Militia and the Origin of Conscription: A Reassessment,”
Journal of Libertarian Studies
, Volume 15, Number 4 (Fall 2001): pp. 29–77.

1
. All of Spooner’s writings are worthy of study. George H. Smith,
The Lysander Spooner Reader
(San Francisco: Fox & Wilkes, 1992).

1
. Elie Wiesel,
One Generation After
(New York: Random House, 1970), p. 72.

1
. “Obama Administration Weighs Indefinite Detention,” NPR, November 24, 2010. Story by Dina Temple-Raston.

1
. The evidence of manipulation here is overwhelming. But consider Ralph Alexander,
Global Warming False Alarm
(Royal Oak, Michigan: Canterbury, 2009).

2
. Daniel K. Benjamin, “Eight Great Myths of Recycling,” Jane S. Shaw, ed., PERC Policy Series, number PS-28 (September 2003)
http://www.perc.org/pdf/ps28.pdf
.

1
. The National Rifle Association writes: “Since 1991, when violent crime peaked in the U.S., 24 states have adopted “shall issue” laws, replacing laws that prohibited carrying or that issued carry permits on a very restrictive basis; many other federal, state, and local gun control laws have been eliminated or made less restrictive; and the number of privately-owned guns has risen by about 90 million. The numbers of gun owners and firearms, RTC states, and people carrying firearms for protection, have risen to all-time highs, and through 2008 the nation’s murder rate has decreased 46 percent to a 43-year low, and the total violent crime rate has decreased 41 percent to a 35-year low. Preliminary data reported by the FBI indicate that violent crime decreased further in the first half of 2009.”
http://www.nraila.org
.

1
. See, for example,
End the Fed
(New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2010);
The Case for Gold
(Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1982; Auburn, AL: Mises Institute, 2007).

1
. National Advisory Committee on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals, Task Force on Disorders and Terrorism,
Disorders and Terrorism
(Washington DC: GPO, 1976).

2
. Robert Pape and James Ke Feldman.
Cutting the Fuse: The Explosion of Global Suicide Terrorism and How to Stop It
(Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010).

1
. “Elite Club Conceals CIA Torture Cells.” ABC News, November 18, 2009.

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