This article speaks of natural gas industries drilling in urban areas of Texas and some of the issues its brings up coming to property rights. Those who own mineral rights will get a monthly check from the gas companies who are drilling under their homes, while those who only own land rights won't receive any compensation.

A court ruling states that journalist James Risen must testify in trial for a former CIA official who leaked classified information. This ruling now comes as a threat to investigative journalists in attempt to catch a person who leaks classified information.

This articles speaks of the effort of America to influence the culture of the youth in Afghanistan to promote greater women's rights. Despite the effort, many of the youth, including you women, are still rejecting the western influence and are sticking to their conservative Islamic beliefs.

This article looks at Colorado and how it's citizens are taking new gun control measures and establishing civil unions laws for gay couples. There are quotes from citizens on both sides of the issues and their feelings on these laws.

This article explains what the mayor of New York City tried to do to combat obesity in his city. The effort to ban large sugary drinks was turned down by the courts retaining citizens personal freedom to consume large sugary beverages and prevented government overreach.

This article brings up the topic of consumerism and the massive inequalities in who is doing the consuming, The author answers the questions of how this effects the environment and effects our societies, There is also some data on what we spend our money on and how relatively little it would take to give those in poverty basic necessities.

This article explains what the 2010 Citizens United ruling means. This is a personal freedoms issue because this ruling gives corporations and unions freedom to spend unlimited amounts on political ads and tools to influence the vote.

This article takes the side against being allowed to smoke in public places. The author argues that smoking may be a personal choice for the smoker, but not the people around them inhaling the second hand smoke. It also speaks of the negative influence it could have on children.

This webpage speaks of corporate pollution of the environment and some of the effects that it has on different people. It gives an example of how oil companies have backed military harassment and killing in Nigeria to stop protests over environmental issues.

The author weighs in on some of the issues regarding personal freedoms and the conflicts that it has in public health. He argues that the individual's needs and freedoms need to be taken into account, rather than just the overall public health and safety.