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Scared of Maryland


In 1991 I had a choice. To best work for term limits, I needed to move close to the nation’s capital. But where? Maryland or Virginia or the District of Columbia? I chose Virginia.Nowadays I regularly travel through all three jurisdictions, though Maryland makes me nervous. Prince George’s County police recently barged into the Berwyn Heights mayor’s home and shot his two dogs dead. Turns out their little home invasion was illegal — they lacked a no-knock search warrant, or any real case.Weeks before this, a man arrested for the alleged homicide of a policeman was murdered in jail. Police working there refuse to cooperate in the investigation. [Read More]

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Freedom- It's What Really Matters

A Speech By Paul Jacob

September 13, 2007
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Do we fight for lower taxes just for the sake of lower taxes? Do we work to ensure our rights to own property just for the sake of owning property? Paul Jacob discusses these things, and concludes that it's the concept of freedom that really matters, and it's an idea that's worth passing down to our children and grandchildren.

Listen to the MP3 (23 MB) of Paul's speech.

Read more of Paul Jacob's commentaries in our Common Sense section.


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