August 11, 2026

I agree with Bagley: Indefinite Detention of Americans is Wrong.

Our laws promise access to “due process” and the courts, but at a time when enemies do not wear uniforms, follow a chain of command, can use our own technology and resources to surveil and attack, our multicultural population to hide, and our large and porous borders to infiltrate, the difficulty of providing security has increased dramatically.

Fighting the Nazis and the Japanese in World War II was bloody, but the enemy was clear. Knowing who the enemy is in the twenty-first century is a much more difficult task, especially when the enemy often lives and works among us, looks like us, and acts like us.

That doesn’t mean we quit following the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. [Cont…]

Facebook lied & stole your data…making billions of dollars.

Who wants to use a service that lies, cheats, and steals from them? I mean, a service other than Facebook, right? Because that’s what Facebook has been doing for years. Lure you in, get your data, pictures, friends, and then, they change the rules. It’s scary, it’s creepy, it’s dishonest, and it’s made Zuckerberg one […]

Corporations are people, too

[This guest post is by Benjamin Lusty, an attorney and an occasional contributor to Publius Online. The opinions are his own.] ______________________________________________________________ Among the flotsam and jetsam of misguided political ideas and non sequiturs that washed ashore on the nation’s consciousness after the wreck of Occupy Wall Street is the previously obscure movement to end corporate […]

Is it flip-flopping or Mormons?

I’m starting to wonder if the criticism of Romney as a flip-flopper is just proxy for the real concern: bigotry against Mormons, of which, unabashedly, Romney is one. [Salt Lake Tribune] Related articles Mormonism a ‘cult,’ says pastor in comments on Romney (ctv.ca) mitt romney, mormonism and bad politics (daytonhartman.com)

NYC suggests a “variety of solitary and mutual sex acts” to kids in sex ed classes

Is sex ed out of control? New York City will be requiring sex education for children as young as sixth grade. As part of this curriculum, students will be given ” “risk cards” that graphically named a variety of solitary and mutual sex acts.” In another lesson, a student will be “encouraged to disregard what [parents […]

Federalism and the Republicans: Who needs RINOs when you can have FINOs?

Can the Republican Party still be the party of “small is better” government if it isn’t willing to stick to its guns when the policy is one of its favored issues? Such as, for example,  tort reform? I hate it when I hear Republicans at the federal level attack Democrats on the size and scope of […]

Such a thing as bad press for Mormons after Jeffress?

A political consultant I once worked with, after we saw our candidate’s name appear prominently in a less than flattering newspaper article, made the following comment: “Did they get his name right? We’ll take it.” In other words, there’s nothing wrong with free press. (A caveat might be carved out for when that press involves […]