Tag: Individual Liberty

Thoughts on Liberty, With an Assist From Benjamin Constant

Commentary Writing on the anniversary of the “Tank Man” incident in Tiananmen Square (June 5, 1989), I find myself thinking about some signal anatomists of the totalitarian impulse. George Orwell, for example, would have been surprised to discover that his searing portrayals of tyranny have been adopted as how-to manuals by the new lobotomized left,…


LIVE NOW: House Subcommittee Hearing on Data Privacy and Promoting Innovation and Liberty

The Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce holds a hearing at 8:30 a.m. ET on March 1 to receive testimony about “Promoting U.S. Innovation and Individual Liberty through a National Standard for Data Privacy.” Center for Democracy and Technology President and CEO Alexandra Reeve Givens; founder…


House Subcommittee Hearing on Data Privacy and Promoting Innovation and Liberty

The Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce holds a hearing at 8:30 a.m. ET on March 1 to receive testimony about “Promoting U.S. Innovation and Individual Liberty through a National Standard for Data Privacy.” Center for Democracy and Technology President and CEO Alexandra Reeve Givens; founder…