In Iraq during the days of Saddam, I had a government minder who followed me everywhere, reported on my activities.
Republicans know that government spending creates jobs. They just want that spending to be funneled to their projects and districts... and they certainly don't want to say it out loud.
A short exposure to the convention convinced me that the Internet may save the Democracy in that it is a way for the people, for the citizens, to have some direct influence on the government.
The lies the government and media tell are amplifications of the lies we tell ourselves. To stop being conned, stop conning yourself.
We are a government of laws. Any laws some government hack can find to louse up a man who's down.
There is no such thing as a 'free' government benefit. Ask small-business owners who are footing skyrocketing bills for bottomless jobless benefits.
The whole idea of our government is this: If enough people get together and act in concert, they can take something and not pay for it.
In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.
Twitter is growing up, expanding into other countries, and recognizing that the Internet is contrary to what people hoped; the government does reach into the Internet.
While the federal government is required by law to document publicly its wiretapping of phone lines, it is not required to do so with Internet communications.
I've come to the conclusion that the government needs to impose price controls on tuition increases - and so, I think, has President Obama.
In Washington, the accepted method for passing along information about how the government fails to meet real-world needs is to leak it.
The central con of the political coalition assembled by Ronald Reagan and maintained by his successors was that government was a common enemy.
The more people who are dependent on government handouts, the more votes the left can depend on for an ever-expanding welfare state.
Hyperinflation can take virtually your entire life's savings, without the government having to bother raising the official tax rate at all.
Bringing an end to mass government surveillance needs to be a central pillar of returning to the principles we have put in jeopardy in the early 21st century.
History may someday record that the Arab awakening that began with the Arab revolt of 1916 against the Ottomans ended about a century later with a whimper.
We are entering a new phase in human history - one in which fewer and fewer workers will be needed to produce the goods and services for the global population.
If you're a Firefox user, you get accustomed to your history and the URL bar and finding things. That should be available on your mobile phone as well.
It is important for all of us to appreciate where we come from and how that history has really shaped us in ways that we might not understand.
I can't turn on the television without seeing me, or open the newspaper without seeing me and, honestly, I'm sick to death of me.
