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Videotape Police Abuse, Go to Jail?

Relevance: 19%      Posted on: June 3, 2010

George Donnelly may be wondering what country he is in right now. Recently, he and other activists trying to hand out pamphlets published by the Fully Informed Jury Association were confronted by U.S. marshals in Manhattan. Attempting to record the encounter, Donnelly found himself being pushed to the pavement by…

Potted Presence

Relevance: 19%      Posted on: October 20, 2010

The State of the Union Address has become political, said Justice Alito last week, so he will follow the lead of Justices Scalia and Thomas and not sit in Congress while the Commander in Chief intones his annual duty. Last January, Alito objected to President Obama’s little stab at the…

Don’t Follow the Feds

Relevance: 19%      Posted on: June 17, 2019

“Federal agents never wear body cameras,” The Washington Post reports, “and they prohibit local officers from wearing them on their joint operations.” That’s why a growing number of local law enforcement agencies are doing what Atlanta’s police chief and mayor “decided late last month,” pulling “out of joint task forces…

Border Problems, Solutions?

Relevance: 19%      Posted on: July 14, 2014

Bill Maher began the panel segment of his latest Real Time with Bill Maher episode taking on the “children at the border” problem. He identified the underlying cause: drug cartels. His solution? Legalize all psychoactive drugs, particularly cocaine. Wait a minute. The best response to a border crisis is to…

Townhall: No More Wasted Votes, Poisoned Elections

Relevance: 19%      Posted on: November 13, 2016

“You start out not wanting to poison the outcome, and you end by poisoning your soul.” But there is a way out. Click on over to Townhall.com, for one of the more interesting stories-behind-the-story of last week’s election upset. And then come back here, for more information and perspective: “Third-party…

African Slavery in America by Thomas Paine

Relevance: 19%      Posted on: March 9, 2015

A PDF of this document has been made for ease of reading and printing: click here.  TO AMERICANS. THAT some desperate wretches should be willing to steal and enslave men by violence and murder for gain, is rather lamentable than strange. But that many civilized, nay, christianized people should approve,…

Friendly Suicide Advice for the GOP

Relevance: 19%      Posted on: February 13, 2018

Paul Jacob Should Republicans boycott the Republican Party? Should conservatives and moderates and right-of-center independents and libertarian-leaning folks do likewise? That’s the unsolicited advice blurted out in a recent Atlantic opinion piece. “Boycott the GOP,” shouts the headline; the blurb states the thesis as “If conservatives want to save the…

Something Fishy

Relevance: 19%      Posted on: May 4, 2024

China’s long tradition of poaching in “distant waters.”

Greenlighting Red Light Cameras?

Relevance: 19%      Posted on: February 8, 2011

Politicians seem to love what are called “red light cameras” — cameras that take pictures of cars that run red lights. And then ticket the registered owners. Citizens? Not so much. I’ve reported how Tim Eyman — an activist who usually sets his sights on tax increases — orchestrated a…

Guantánamo Gestures

Relevance: 19%      Posted on: February 24, 2016

It’s a fun word to say: “Guantánamo!” Almost like “Geronimo!” Of course, Guantánamo and Geronimo are nearly opposites. Geronimo was an iconic Native American warrior against the U.S. military. Guantánamo is the famous — or infamous — American military prison located at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. President Obama wants to shut…