Personal Liberty Digest

Latest From Ben Crystal April 30, 2013 The Dogs Of Liberalism » According to a study conducted by the University of California at Los Angeles, the intellectual shepherds to whom we entrust our children self-identify as liberal more than 60 percent of the time on average, with fewer than 15 percent of their colleagues claiming a more rational outlook. More » Outside The Asylum The Politics Of Everything » Cartoonist Jack Ohman thinks the tragic fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, was caused by a lack of government bureaucracy. So he depicted Texas Governor Rick Perry, who has been enthusiastically recruiting businesses, as luring people to their doom in a fiery explosion.  More » Hot Topic Brian Williams, Scott Pelley And Diane Sawyer: The Three Stooges » I think, at the very least, YouTube should censor Brian Williams, Scott Pelley and Diane Sawyer. Well, wait a minute. Not censor, but put up a notice on all their videos: “It’s come to our attention that these three characters are as annoying as a bad case of fleas. Caution: Watch and listen at your own risk.”  More » Personal Liberty News Polls Show More Americans Value Freedom Over Safety » The spirit of Benjamin Franklin’s oft-quoted assertion that “[t]hose who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety” may be enjoying more currency among Americans in 2013 than it has since the days of Sept. 11 and the Patriot Act. More » Watch Out, Gun Owners: Congress Isn’t Done » Just because Federal gun control failed in the Senate earlier this month doesn’t mean it won’t come up again in the 113th Congress. Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is already making the media rounds with a second gun grab attempt on his mind. More » Hero Of The American Left, Professor Noam Chomsky Denounces Obama Administration » Notable left-wing polemicist Professor Noam Chomsky, who has made a career of writing and speaking out against government abuses of civil liberties in the United States and abroad, says he is surprised and disgusted by the current President’s inexplicable “attack” on civil liberties. More » Health Tips Tart Cherries Shown To Provide Cardiovascular Benefits, Reduce Risk Of Diabetes And Stroke If you are at risk for or are currently suffering from heart disease or type 2 diabetes, you should consider adding tart cherries to your diet. For years, doctors have prescribed a class of drugs called PPAR agonists to patients with metabolic syndrome, a collection of risk factors linked to heart disease and type 2 diabetes. PPAR agonists are designed to regulate fat and glucose. But long-term use of these drugs increases the risk of stroke. More »