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Connor Boyack, president of the Libertas Institute

Utah legislators worry about government increasingly violating individual liberty

Last updated Saturday, February 16, 2013 - 11:45pm

SALT LAKE CITY — It’s referred to as the slippery slope and can be summarized like this: What is the role of government in enforcing private behavior?

The question is a moving target this session for state lawmakers facing a variety of bills that deal with the question.

The issues range from extending seat belt restraints to limits on smoking in vehicles in the presence of a child, as well as the question of whether the state needs to be involved in licensing various businesses.

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The Veterans Parade on Washington Boulevard on Nov.10, 2012

Kera Williams

Last updated Monday, November 12, 2012 - 2:01am

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Statue inspired by Holocaust survivor meant to complement Lady Liberty

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 9:54pm

SALT LAKE CITY — A statue that could become the second beacon of freedom is moving forward, the sculptor and community leaders said during a news conference at the Capitol.

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Nargis Qureashy shows a picture of heselfr in Afghanistan with her siblings when she was 13 and disguised as a boy. The Taliban regime would not let girls go outside the home. She is on the left side in the middle. (CHARLES TRENTELMAN/Standard-Examiner)

Afghan translator seeks new life in America

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, July 21, 2012 - 11:05pm

SOUTH OGDEN — Retired Air Force Lt. Col. John Stewart worked for four years to get Nargis Qureashy out of Afghanistan. He felt he owed his young Afghan translator — big time.

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Civil liberties presentation to be held at WSU

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, April 2, 2012 - 10:27pm

OGDEN -- Dan Mach, the national American Civil Liberties Union's director of Freedom of Religion, will present "Polygamy, Peyote and the Pledge of Allegiance" on Wednesday at Weber State University.

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The price of freedom is coming to your mailbox very soon

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 9:57pm

Let me get this out front: Don't yell at the clerks in your county treasurer's office about your property taxes.

Don't pay in dollar bills.

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Hikers’ readjustment may be tough after release from Iranian prison

Scott Johnson Oakland Tribune

Last updated Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 11:23pm

OAKLAND, Calif. — For American hikers and University of California, Berkeley, graduates Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, the realization of their recently gained freedom may take a while to sink in. The process of readjustment could be tough and painful.

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airline passengers retrieve their scanned belongings while going through the Transportation Security Administration security checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. We are safer, but not safe enough. In the decade since the 9/11 attacks, the government has taken giant steps to protect the nation from terrorists, spending eye-popping sums to smarten up the federal bureaucracy, hunt down enemies, strengthen airline security, secure U.S. borders, reshape America's image and more. But the effort remains a work in progress, and in some cases a work stalled. The bipartisan 9/11 Commission in 2004 laid out a 585-page road map to create an America that is "safer, stronger, wiser." Many of the commission's recommendations are now reality. But in some cases, results haven't lived up to expectations. And other proposals still are just that, ideas awaiting action. (AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser, File)

Poll: OK to trade some freedoms to fight terrorism

Jennifier Agiesta, Nancy Benac The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, September 6, 2011 - 7:37am

WASHINGTON — Surveillance cameras in public places? Sure. Body scans at airports? Maybe. Snooping in personal email? Not so fast.

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Bountiful Exchange Club rededicates Freedom Memorial Shrine in Farmington courthouse

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 11:26pm

FARMINGTON -- To kick-start upcoming Fourth of July activities, the Bountiful Exchange Club has rededicated the Freedom Memorial Shrine hanging on the east hall wall of the Memorial County Courthouse.

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