Colm Gillis's Blog - Posts Tagged "emergency"

“Not a lot of people know that” … apparently Michael Caine never said it. But, from wherever it originated, it expresses ownership of the unknown. A secret, a treasure to be carried around. Someday, somewhere, a conversation will move towards that little store of information you have that is untouched by others … the Church never said Earth was flat [continue reading ...]

Watergate is the biggest political scandal in modern American history. While the incident receives much discussion, it was really only emblematic of Richard Nixon’s bid for absolute power. [continue reading ...]

FA von Hayek was one of the great classical Liberals. He wrote about emergency powers in The Constitution of Liberty and approved of the practice.

For Hayek, laws in a free society are nothing more than rule of thumb. In an emergency they must be suspended for the sake of long-term order. Even freedom of speech can be suppressed under the ‘correct’ circumstances. [continue reading ...]