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  • The Limits of Property Rights

    06/24/2005 3:23:50 PM PDT · by ken21 · 122 replies · 2,054+ views
    New York Times ^ | June 24, 2005
    Editorial The Limits of Property Rights Published: June 24, 2005 The Supreme Court's ruling yesterday that the economically troubled city of New London, Conn., can use its power of eminent domain to spur development was a welcome vindication of cities' ability to act in the public interest. It also is a setback to the "property rights" movement, which is trying to block government from imposing reasonable zoning and environmental regulations. Still, the dissenters provided a useful reminder that eminent domain must not be used for purely private gain.
  • The Loss of Freedoms List (Vanity Post)

    01/25/2005 4:37:42 PM PST · by Cornpone · 264 replies · 2,534+ views
    Cornpone | 25 Jan 2005 | Cornpone
    Dear Freepers,I'm getting old and perhaps a little wacky but as I look back over my life I continue to try and understand how my country hasn't quite turned out the way my mother and father brought me up to believe it should be and what it was I was always raised to defend. So I've started making a list of those things that just seem to represent a betrayal of what I always thought America is about...freedom. Its a short list, I'm still working on it and I know many, if not most, will not agree with everything on...