Category Archives: Liberty

Paleo Diet Blogger Threatened With Jail Time

Posted April 29th, 2012
Shon R. Hopwood
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Steve Cooksey is a former diabetic, who decided to start the popular “Paleo” diet. Not only did he lose weight, he became insulin free on the low carb, caveman diet. So he decided to share his success on his blog.  But Steve ran into a problem in the form of the North Carolina Board of Dietetics and Nutrition, [...]
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What Does Tolerance Mean?

Posted February 5th, 2012
Shon R. Hopwood
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The word tolerance gets thrown around a lot in the media and in every day conversation. But I’ve noticed that few people, and especially those with set political beliefs, actually understand what the word means in practice. Conor Friedersdorf at The Atlantic has a great piece, entitled A Real Commitment to Minority Rights Needs a [...]
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If You Read About Politics, You Should Read These Guys: Greenwald and Friedersdorf

Posted January 28th, 2012
Shon R. Hopwood
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Between my first year of law school and two young children, I have really cut down on the amount of media I read in a given day. I tend to follow a pattern of checking the headlines at the New York Times, and then looking to see if any members of the Supreme Court press corps (mostly [...]
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The Allure of Civil Libertarian Ron Paul: Three Reasons Why He’s Gained a Following of Young People and Is a Grave Threat to the Political Establishment

Posted January 3rd, 2012
Shon R. Hopwood
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Mainstream media—like CBS and the New York Times—have reported that in the days leading up to the Iowa primary, a large number of young adults have flowed into Iowa like this past summer’s floods down the Missouri river. They have arrived with one mission: aid and assist Presidential candidate Ron Paul in winning the Iowa [...]
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The Goldwater Institute’s Litigation Arm

Posted December 26th, 2011
Shon R. Hopwood
Yesterday, the New York Times published an article explaining the work of the Goldwater Institute, one of the leading libertarian organizations in the country. The GI’s litigation arm generally challenges any government infringement of individual liberties, including what it calls entrepreneurial freedom. What I found most interesting is that the Goldwater Institute doesn’t play favorites: it [...]
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The End of Liberty? Obama Plans To Enshrine Indefinite Detention Into Law

Posted December 23rd, 2011
Shon R. Hopwood
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Call me old-fashioned but I still believe the primary role of government is to protect our liberty. The Framers believed this was the government’s role and it was for quite some time. But if protecting liberty is the primary goal of government then with passage of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, government has become [...]
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The U.S. Senate Has Gone Mad

Posted December 1st, 2011
Shon R. Hopwood
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I never thought that an American Senate would pass a bill that allows the military to lock up American citizens, indefinitely, without due process of law. I just never saw that one coming. Especially after the excessive abuse of power from the last Presidential Administration. And its not as if the Executive is clamoring for [...]
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