Personal Liberty Digest

Latest From John Myers December 26, 2012 Three Gs In Unlucky ’13 » With less than a week before the New Year, I wanted to share with you three pitfalls we face in 2013: gridlock, greed and gun grabbing. We must be patient while our opposition exhausts wrong-minded policies. More » Freedom Watch More Evidence Of Impending Societal Collapse » Manners, common decency and respect for others are lost American traits. Interactions turn nasty at the drop of a hat. Name-calling and the violence now pass for discussion. Young children are resorting to theft.  More » Personal Liberty News Congressmen Want Answers On DOJ Spying » The Federal government keeps vast troves of data on virtually all American citizens, even those never accused of a crime. A couple of Congressmen want the specifics on the Department of Justice’s justification for its sweeping and unConstitutional surveillance procedures. More » Gallup: Americans Have Mixed Feelings About Guns » A recent Gallup poll shows that Americans are more likely to favor an increased police presence at schools, increased government spending on mental health screening and treatment, and decreased depiction of gun violence in entertainment than assault weapons bans to prevent mass school shootings. More » Deputy Pepper Sprays, Uses Baton On Man With Down Syndrome » A developmental disability is no excuse for not immediately and unconditionally complying with the local Gestapo, as 21-year-old Antonio Martinez found out last Thursday. More » Exercise May Cut Heart Failure Depression » Exercise, already known to help cancer survivors feel better, may help reduce depression among heart failure patients, U.S. researchers say. More » Political Cartoon Concrete Proposals Aislin, The Montreal Gazette