by Mark Silva
The Obama administration is holding a workshop today on open goverment.
It's closed to the public and press.
The workshop is being held by the Justice Department's Office of Information Policy for the public liasons at federal agencies who field requests for records filed under the [...]
Chicago Public Schools chief Ron Huberman is floating a few ideas for how to improve teacher quality. He says fewer third year teachers should be granted tenure...WBEZ-FM I understand the need for tenure at colleges and universities where it serves as bulwark for intellectual freedom. Academics should be free to [...]
I just can’t wrap my head around this one.
The Swiss, who already guarantee freedom of religion in their constitution, passed a Constitutional ban on the construction of new minarets.
Somehow, some way, minarets were linked with political activism by the right wing in Switzerland.
from Americans for Prosperity
Over the last year, Americans for Prosperity has criss-crossed the nation holding rallies featuring AFP's 7-story high hot air balloon emblazoned with our message: "Cap-and-Trade means higher taxes, lost jobs and less freedom."
Now, with the battle over climate change at a fever pitch, Americans for Prosperity is' [...]
Leave it to Ben Joravsky and The Reader, and one of our astute readers, to show how hard our legislators are working to hide transparency and sunshine from the political process: Transparency in Action: How a bill intended to expand the state Freedom of Information [...]
Reader Tom F. from Arlington Heights writes:
Maybe 8 years ago you wrote a column about a an interrogation of an American POW where his captors showed him tape of protesting American students burning the flag. His response was along the lines of " you guys don't get it, this is [...]
www.TeaPartyMovie.com --"Cinematic Sneak Peek" Live Webcast with Movie Producer Luke Livingston, FreedomWorks’ Hon. Dick Armey and Matt Kibbe -- 2PM ET - November 23, 2009
That's how the Reader's Ben Joravsky describes our own Angela Caputo in his latest article on Chicago's tax increment financing (TIF) network. And you can bet she's wearing that badge with pride.
Joravasky's piece also details how state legislators used a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) bill to quietly extend' [...]
No computer available where we were at today. Be sure to thank a Veteran for the freedoms we all enjoy this day.
from the Mark Vargas for Congress campaign
St. Charles, Illinois, November 11, 2009-- President Woodrow Wilson commemorated the first Armistice Day, the precursor to Veterans Day, by observing "To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of" [...]
Pictured above is the St. Nicholas Church in Leipzig, the physical heart and soul of the citizens movement for freedom in East Germany. Here, Johannes Sebastian Bach spent most of his career overseeing the musical life of the church, playing the organ, and composing [...]
from the Danklesfen for Congress campaign
Rep. Bill Foster campaigned as an independent and friend of the taxpayer. Healthcare legislation will increase our tax burden, limit the freedom to choose our own coverage, and result in greater job loss. Foster has voted with Nancy Pelosi’s failed agenda over 90% of the [...]
by Sheriff Richard Mack (Ret.)
By now we have all heard the clichés and seen the posters from the "Tea Parties" espousing freedom, less government, and perhaps most of all, how the federal government had better back off trying to shove their national healthcare down our otherwise healthy throats. The truth [...]
For those fallen in Fort Hood and all over the world. We must never forget that it is the soldier that gives us our freedom.
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Share and [...]In defiance of the National Endowment for the Arts and In frustration with Barack Obama's freedom-destroying policies, Chicago artist Mark Rubin does the unthinkable and documents his own political protest by destroying a masterful portrait of Obama in this YouTube swarming the internet.
All is explained in this unusual 10' [...]
Mike Pence just made the most moving speech.
