Walter E Williams: OK To Feel Sorry
The virtue of Dennis Rodman. At one time in our nation's history, blacks feeling sorry for whites was verboten. That was portrayed in Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird." This is a novel published in 1960 — and later made into a movie — about Depression-era racial relations in the Deep South. The novel's ... MORE
Michael Lotfi: Indiana Moves To Nullify Healthcare Law
Obamacare is falling apart at the seams. The state legislatures of Oklahoma, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee and now Indiana have all taken steps to nullify the federal healthcare law. Tenth Amendment Center national communications director Mike Maharrey said that this could create a formidable bloc, pulling the rug out from under ... MORE
Ron Paul: 'I Would Think' Rand Is Running In 2016
by Jane C. Timm. Hey Dad, is Rand running for president in 2016? “I would think so, he wouldn’t be doing what he’s doing, but I
haven’t had a conversation of what your plan is,” Paul said on Morning
Joe. “He’s been pretty independent.” Kentucky’s Tea Party darling Sen. Rand Paul is already being floated as a potential 2016 candidate for the ... MORE
Contempt Of Cop, America's Defiance Revolution
by Neil MacDonald. Increasingly, and openly, ordinary Americans are committing a legal act that some police nonetheless regard as among the most heinous of all offences: it's called contempt of cop. It's otherwise known as asserting your constitutional rights. Citizens, feeling empowered, are pointing smartphones, rather than just an ... MORE
Paul Detrick: Harassed for Taking Photos
When cops can’t tell a photographer from a terrorist. In October 2009 Shawn Nee, an award-winning photographer, was stopped by officers from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) while taking pictures of turnstiles in the L.A. subway. According to the officers, Nee was engaged in "suspicious terrorist activity." "I want to ... MORE
Anthony Gregory: License To Kill
Police safety is above citizens' rights and the law. No one knows how many times police shoot and kill Americans every year. Most estimates put the number at a few hundred a year, but we don’t know the details, including how many of these killed people presented a real threat to anyone. The U.S. government does not do body counts, as ... MOREPatrick J. Buchanan: Why Congress Is Held In Contempt
Impotence not seen as a virtue. "I've got a pen," said President Obama early this week. "I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions ... that move the ball forward." "When I can act on my own without Congress, I'm going to do so," the president added Wednesday at North Carolina State. Thus did Obama signal that ... MOREMatthew Feeney: U.S. Intelligence Workers Want Ed Dead
Can't blame spies for wanting ignorant prey. BuzzFeed’s Benny Johnson has written
an article outlining the degree of violent hatred some people
working in the U.S. intelligence community have for NSA
whistle-blower Edward Snowden. Some highlights: “In a world where I would not be restricted from killing an
American, I personally ... MOREWhat We Should Remember on Martin Luther King Day
by Edwin A. Locke. What should we remember on Martin Luther King Day? In his “I Have a Dream” speech Dr. King said: “I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” This statement means that in judging other men, ... MOREThe Unbridled Hate Of Hate Speech Laws
by Frank Salvato. I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” This quote,
often attributed to Voltaire, is at the heart of our First Amendment
right to free speech, at least where the authority of our government is
concerned. A free society, and, in fact, a free people, must be able
to speak freely in order to ... MORE
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