Border security tops Texas political agenda in border drone debate
Gov Rick Perry backs expanding drones used at the Texas border amid a costly surge of National Guard and DPS personnel. An inspector general audit finds the drone program underused and expensive, costing over 12 thousand dollars per flight hour, with less than one tenth of one percent of Texas border crossings attributed to drone surveillance. The piece notes $500 million spent on the surge and calls for careful study of cost effectiveness and accountability in state efforts alongside federal immigration policy criticism.
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Stephen Chapman Writes for the Chicago Tribune
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The First Amendment, Reason, and the Fight Against Extremism
A critique of violent responses to offense, urging restraint and free inquiry. The essay links history of repression to today’s fight against Islamist extremism, notes Muslims are a minority supporting violence, and compares Western and Muslim societies. It champions reason, persuasion, and constitutional conscience.
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