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All content by David Scheuermann

Manufacturing Discontent: Should the Louisiana Science Education Act be repealed?

By David Scheuermann
April 30, 2013
Attorney General Eric Holder prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 18, 2013, before the House Appropriations Committee hearing on the Justice Department's fiscal 2014 budget. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Opinion: Gov. documents evidence growing surveillance state

By David Scheuermann
April 29, 2013
FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2012 file photo, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., left, and the committee's ranking Democrat, Rep. C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger, D-Md., participate in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. House lawmakers expected to finalize legislation Wednesday that would give the federal government a broader role helping banks, manufacturers and other businesses protect themselves against cyberattacks. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Opinion: In Congress, money matters over public good

By David Scheuermann
April 24, 2013
In this April 3, 2013 photo, Mike Caldwell, a 35-year-old software engineer, holds a 25 Bitcoin token at his shop in Sandy, Utah. Caldwell mints physical versions of bitcoins, cranking out homemade tokens with codes protected by tamper-proof holographic seals, a retro-futuristic kind of prepaid cash. With up to 70,000 transactions each day over the past month, bitcoins have been propelled from the world of Internet oddities to the cusp of mainstream use, a remarkable breakthrough for a currency which made its online debut only four years ago. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Opinion: Bitcoin’s value, future uncertain because of volatility

By David Scheuermann
April 17, 2013
Opinion: California Right to Know Bill is a privacy advocate’s dream

Opinion: California Right to Know Bill is a privacy advocate’s dream

By David Scheuermann
April 8, 2013

Opinion: Treasury should remove ‘In God We Trust’ from money

By David Scheuermann
March 27, 2013
This Wednesday, March 13, 2013 photo shows a general view of Firdous Square at the site of an Associated Press photograph taken by Jerome Delay as the statue of Saddam Hussein is pulled down by U.S. forces and Iraqis on April 9, 2003. Ten years ago on live television, U.S. Marines memorably hauled down a Soviet-style statue of Saddam, symbolically ending his rule. Today, that pedestal in central Baghdad stands empty. Bent iron beams sprout from the top, and posters of anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in military fatigues are pasted on the sides.(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Opinion: Do not forget the lesson of Iraq: skepticism

By David Scheuermann
March 19, 2013

Opinion: Paul’s 13-hour filibuster should shame liberals

By David Scheuermann
March 13, 2013

Opinion: Transparency is needed with domestic drones

By David Scheuermann
March 7, 2013
Army Pfc. Bradley Manning steps out of a security vehicle as he is escorted into a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, for a pretrial hearing. Manning is charged with aiding the enemy by causing hundreds of thousands of classified documents to be published on the secret-sharing website WikiLeaks. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Opinion: Bradley Manning trial disconnects transparency, treason

By David Scheuermann
March 4, 2013
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, accompanied by fellow members of the House GOP leadership, responds to President Barack Obama's remarks to the nation's governors earlier today about how to fend off the impending automatic budget cuts, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Opinion: Undead CISPA another attempt by Congress to limit privacy

By David Scheuermann
February 26, 2013
Law enforcement officers look over the scene of an officer involved shooting in Torrance, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. The shooting is believed to related to the manhunt for fired Los Angeles police officer, Christopher Dorner. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Opinion: Dorner’s allegation shouldn’t be so easily dismissed

By David Scheuermann
February 19, 2013

Opinion: Obama administration’s justification for killing citizens is weak

By David Scheuermann
February 13, 2013

Opinion: Google, Twitter transparency report reveals need for privacy reform

By David Scheuermann
February 5, 2013

Opinion: FCC’s plan for faster Internet is a sign of progress

By David Scheuermann
January 27, 2013
The casket of Internet activist Aaron Swartz is wheeled Thursday to a hearse outside Highland Park’s Lubavitch Chabad Central Avenue Synagogue. Swartz, 26, was found dead Jan. 11 of an apparent suicide Friday in his New York apartment.

Opinion: In wake of Aaron Swartz’s death, professors should consider open access

By David Scheuermann
January 22, 2013

Opinion: Obama must be held accountable for Bush-era politics

By David Scheuermann
January 15, 2013

Opinion: Technology legislation requires constant vigilance

By David Scheuermann
December 2, 2012

Opinion: Domestic drones need more privacy protections

By David Scheuermann
November 27, 2012
Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, announced earlier this year he would retire from politics when his term ends in January.

Opinion: Libertarian void must be filled after Paul’s retirement

By David Scheuermann
November 18, 2012
Steve Scalise

Louisiana election results reveal little care for civil liberties

By David Scheuermann
November 14, 2012
FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2011 file photo, "Darth Vader" accepts the Ultimate Villain award from "Star Wars" creator George Lucas during the 2011 Scream Awards, in Los Angeles. A decade after George Lucas said "Star Wars" was finished on the big screen, a new trilogy is destined for theaters after The Walt Disney Co. announced Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, that it was buying Lucasfilm Ltd. for $4.05 billion. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Star Wars does not need another trilogy by Disney

By David Scheuermann
November 7, 2012
Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson speaks to campus in the Union Theater on Friday evening.

Gary Johnson is the only candidate tackling many important issues

By David Scheuermann
November 5, 2012
President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks in the White House Briefing Room in Washington, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, after returning to the White House from a campaign stop in Florida to monitor Hurricane Sandy. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Kill or capture lists are the wrong move for the future

By David Scheuermann
October 30, 2012
Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson speaks to campus in the Union Theater on Friday evening.

Third party debate is a refreshing change of pace

By David Scheuermann
October 24, 2012
In this photo released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, speaks at a public gathering on his tour to the northeastern city of Bojnourd, Iran, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. Iran's top leader said Wednesday that European countries are "foolish" to support sanctions against Tehran, telling them they are sacrificing themselves for the sake of the United States. (AP Photo/Office of the Supreme Leader)

Foreign policy an important factor in presidential race

By David Scheuermann
October 21, 2012
Surveillance

Supreme Court surveillance ruling undermines checks and balances

By David Scheuermann
October 18, 2012
President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney participate in the first presidential debate at the University of Denver, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, in Denver. (AP Photo/Pool, Rick Wilking)

Check your facts before Tuesday night’s debate

By David Scheuermann
October 15, 2012
FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2010 file photo, Comedy Central's Jon Stewart, left, and Bill O'Reilly tape an interview in New York. Stewart and O'Reilly, a celebrity odd couple with a history of public political feuds, tangle in a sold-out debate in Washington. The so-called "Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium" offers a jocular sideshow to the series of three more somber debates this month between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)

Stewart, O’Reilly event more substantive than presidential debate

By David Scheuermann
October 7, 2012
Stand-ins for moderator Jim Lehrer, center, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, and President Barack Obama, right, run through a rehearsal for a debate at the University of Denver Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, in Denver. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will hold their first debate Wednesday. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Exclusion of third parties from debates unfair

By David Scheuermann
October 2, 2012
Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson speaks to campus in the Union Theater on Friday evening.

Manufacturing Discontent: Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson brings new perspectives to presidential race

By David Scheuermann
September 30, 2012
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is one of four senators calling for open access to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement negotiations.

Manufacturing Discontent: Flexible copyright laws are good for economy, innovation

By David Scheuermann
September 26, 2012
In this Sept. 12, 2012, photo, President Barack Obama, accompanied by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, about the death of U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens. His eye fixed firmly on securing a second term, Obama had hoped that the rest of the world would wait until after the election if it had to grow restless and demand his attention. The eruptions in the streets of the Arab world, inflamed by an anti-Muslim video made in the U.S., mean Obama can put it off no longer. The protests are testing the president’s foreign policy skills and giving voters a pre-election view of how he handles a crisis. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Manufacturing Discontent: Indefinite detention injunction a civil liberties victory

By David Scheuermann
September 16, 2012