Taking privacy cues from the federal government is - to say the least - ironic, considering today's Orwellian level of surveillance. At virtually any given time outside of one's own home, an American citizen can reasonably assume his movements and actions are being monitored by something, by somebody, somewhere.

Widespread use of online voting will create the potential for abuse that will make the problems inherent in e-voting pale in comparison.

In a single generation, the Internet has given to virtually every person on the face of the earth the ability to communicate with fellow human beings on virtually any topic, at any time, and in every nook and cranny on the globe. This magnificent invention has done this without succumbing to government control.

On taking office, Obama promised the 'most transparent' administration in history; yet his record as president has been anything but transparent.

The backlash against Big Government is an encouraging sign of a growing resistance to the mission creep of federal power.

Looking down the road, space exploration and the benefits it yields - in medicine and information technology - should not be overlooked.

Let us not rush into a vast expansion of government power in a misguided attempt to protect freedom. In doing so, we will inevitably erode the very freedom we seek to protect.