by Frank Furedi. It wasn’t long before pundits played the terrorist card in relation to the standoff between a group of ranchers and the US federal government at Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. In the Guardian, Wajahat Ali objected to the description of the ranchers as ‘militiamen’ rather than ‘terrorists’. ‘If the Oregon militiamen were Muslim ... MORE
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Why Are Angry Ranchers Being Called Terrorists?
by Frank Furedi. It wasn’t long before pundits played the terrorist card in relation to the standoff between a group of ranchers and the US federal government at Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. In the Guardian, Wajahat Ali objected to the description of the ranchers as ‘militiamen’ rather than ‘terrorists’. ‘If the Oregon militiamen were Muslim ... MOREJacob Sullum: 2 Ranchers, 2 Fires, Too Long Behind Bars
The injustice of mandatory minimums. The occupation of
buildings at Oregon's Malheur National Wildlife Refuge by a group of
armed and disgruntled ranchers has brought national attention to a case
that illustrates the injustices wrought by mandatory minimum sentences.
The men who took over the buildings on January 2, led by Nevada ... MOREJack Healy and Kirk Johnson: This Land Is Your Land
The folly of federal land management. Ken Ivory, a Republican state representative from Utah, has been roaming the West with an alluring pitch to cattle ranchers, farmers and conservatives upset with how Washington controls the wide-open public spaces out here: This land is your land, he says, and not the federal government’s. Mr. Ivory, ... MORE
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