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