Eminent domain is an exercise of the power of government or quasi-government agencies (such as airport authorities, highway commissions, community development agencies, and utility companies) to take private... more inside

David Walker, Comptroller General of the US, resigned effective on March 12, 2008 after tiring of his warnings falling on deaf ears. He has accepted the position of President and Chief Executive Officer... more inside

Reason.tv host Drew Carey visits National City, California, where the local government is taking eminent domain abuse to new lows. Eminent domain is the constitutionally sanctioned practice of taking... more inside

from website: TAKING LIBERTIES is a shocking but hilarious polemic documentary that charts the destruction of all your Basic Liberties under 10 Years of New Labour. Released to coincide with Tony Blair's... more inside

The EU Parliament debates the Lisbon Treaty on December 12, 2007. The treay was signed on the December 13, 2007. Apparently the body of the text was not made available to the the vast majority of the representives before the vote? (10:33 minutes)(12/12/07)

From Utube description: Added: March 20, 2008 A number of credit card companies now issue credit cards with embedded RFIDs (radio frequency ID tags), with promises of enhanced security and speedy transactions. ... more inside

(2:02 minutes)(Jan 30th, 2008) This is a clip about Bush's environmental rollbacks from a discussion about the environment and 2008 politics. Full Program: "The Environment and The Politics of '08" http://fora.tv/2008/01/30/Environment_and_Politics_of__08

Keith Olbermann interviews whistleblower Mark Klein about AT&T's secret room set up for the NSA for the illegal wiretapping. This interview came as Mark Klein was lobbying Congress to not give the telecom's... more inside

Eric Lane talks about The Genius of America: How the Constitution Saved our Country - and Why it Can Again. This is an inspiring look at the document that has made our country the longest surviving... more inside

A whole different reason for putting a paper bag on your head.

from description: Warning: This Program Contains Graphic Imagery! Social psychologist Philip Zimbardo discusses From Genocide to Abu Ghraib: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil. To help us... more inside

I love the radio show. The TV show seems to keep the same feel. From the YouTube description: **** Todd Sacktor had a fairly controversial theory about how the brain stored memories, and for sixteen... more inside

A real sense of humor... Description from Google videos: This is a lecture Vonnegut gave at Albion Collage where he received a honorary doctorate in 2002. The lecture's title is "How to Get Job ... Like Mine". (52 minutes) (from 2002)

This clip makes me think of how hard it was (and is) for me to separate myself from my identity as a consumer. I find myself firmly in the middle class (probably on the lower end) and am able to buy the... more inside

Poison or Cure? Religious Belief in the Modern World A debate, dialogue, and discussion with Christopher Hitchens and Alister McGrath. The Ethics and Public Policy Center and the Berkley Center for... more inside