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Latest From John Myers May 8, 2013 Four Years, Four Reasons Why I Loathe Obama » I respect the office of the Presidency. While I haven't liked some Presidents, I did not hold them in disdain. But I've been writing about Barack Hussein Obama for more than four years, and it has been like covering a train wreck. More » Freedom Watch EU Moves To Control All Plants » The European Union is considering a law that regulates all plants by placing immediate restrictions on vegetables and woodland trees and laying the groundwork to restrict all other plant species in the future. More » Personal Liberty News Texas Jobs Trip May Find Obama Grudgingly Embracing Governor Rick Perry's Free Market Success Story » This week, Barack Obama will embark on a jobs tour that's supposed to take the President to States and cities across the country whose employment and economic successes (and, presumably, failures) illustrate something germane about freeing Americans to innovate, work and prosper. More » Gun Homicides Sharply Down, Ownership Up… Public Remains Brainwashed » A study released Tuesday by the Bureau of Justice Statistics is bad news for people in the United States seeking to further restrict citizens' 2nd Amendment rights. It illustrates a sharp drop in the number of American gun homicides since their highest level of occurrence a decade ago. More » Reader Reaction: 2nd Amendment Vigilance Isn't Just Some Fringe Hobby For Trigger-Happy Nut Cases » The reader comments that continue to follow from our Tuesday article about one man's effort to rally 2nd Amendment supporters for a nonviolent armed march on Washington, D.C., range from all-out enthusiasm for the idea to indignant disdain for firearms and their place in American life. More » Science Professors Advocating Book Burning Demonstrate Why Academia Has Long Been Screwed » In the United States, a country where freedom of speech is paramount, burning books that espouse views opposite one's own is generally frowned upon. But a couple of academics at San Jose State University apparently didn't get the memo. More » 2nd Amendment Under Fire Obama Trying Gun Control End Run President Barack Obama's end run around Congress to establish onerous laws to infringe on the 2nd Amendment rights of Americans goes through the Department of Health and Human Services and its director, Kathleen Sebelius. She is writing regulations to amend privacy regulations in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) that would waive Federal privacy laws and encourage your doctor to report you to the FBI. More »