by Guillermo Garcia. This group think, political correctness imbecility just hit a new low. Curt Schilling, former professional baseball player and now ESPN color commentator, tweeted that he thought Muslim extremists were no better than Nazis. Mr. Schilling was called on the carpet by the bosses at ESPN and the next day he issued a statement in which ... MOREReplace Political Correctness With Common Sense
by Guillermo Garcia. This group think, political correctness imbecility just hit a new low. Curt Schilling, former professional baseball player and now ESPN color commentator, tweeted that he thought Muslim extremists were no better than Nazis. Mr. Schilling was called on the carpet by the bosses at ESPN and the next day he issued a statement in which ... MOREProtect Free Speech Inside And Outside Of Courtrooms
Because justice is a result, not just a process. In 2012, an 80-year-old retired chemistry professor was indicted on jury tampering charges for passing out brochures in a plaza outside a federal courthouse in New York. Those brochures regarded "jury nullification," an option available to jurors who might agree that a defendant broke the ... MOREAsset Forfeiture: Do Police Seize Innocent People’s Money?
by Clifton Adcock and Ben Fenwick. On a March evening in 2013, William Cicco drove away from his Broken Arrow home with a paper bag on the front passenger seat containing $15,555 in cash. He and his wife had been arguing. Cicco left with what he said was money from their savings and a second-mortgage loan. He never imagined the cash would ... MOREGonzalo Lira: The Coming Middle-Class Anarchy
The reward of playing by the rules. True story: A retired couple I know, Brian and Ilsa, own a home in the
Southwest. It’s a pretty house, right on the manicured golf course of
their gated community (they’re crazy about golf). The only problem is, they bought the house near the top of the market in 2005, and now find themselves underwater. ... MORENYC Unveils Pilot Program To Track Driving Habits
Big Brother comes a knocking. It’s a new city pilot program to track how you drive, when you drive, how fast your drive and how much gas you use. The Department of Transportation says it will help fix street problems. Others say its like Big Brother is watching you, CBS2’s Marcia Kramer reported Friday. It’s a tiny black box about the size of a ... MORERenewed Calls For Gun Control Laws Spur Sales
by Kevin Johnson. Renewed calls for more restrictive gun laws, following a succession of fatal shootings in the United States, immediately appear to be generating a boost for the gun industry. Newly released August records show that the FBI posted 1.7 million background checks required of gun purchasers at federally licensed dealers, the ... MOREDennis Chamberland: The Tyranny Of Consensus
Half science is no science. Never mind that climate change is the single most complex scientific question of human history. Human nature has managed to morph politics and science together into a repulsive, philosophic monstrosity -- half science and half religion -- specifically designed to reduce multifaceted, chaos-based theory and its ... MOREJohn W. Whitehead: Sheep Led To The Slaughter
The muzzling of free speech in America. “If the freedom of speech be taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” —George Washington The architects of the American police state must think we’re idiots. With every passing day, we’re being moved further down the road towards a totalitarian society ... MORECarlos Morales: Abolish Child Protective Services
Revelation of a social worker. Standing in an office while two kids beg me to go back to their home, I begin retreating back into my inner-child. I imagine how I would have felt if I was seven years old and a Child Protective Services (CPS) investigator told me I couldn’t stay with my mom anymore. Their mother had committed the crime of respecting ... MORELaw Enforcement Ranks Terrorists Threats To America
by Zack Beauchamp. If you asked law enforcement professionals which extremist
movements most threaten America, what would you expect them to say? If
you expect their most common answer would be Islamic extremists, it
turns out you'd be wrong — though not by much. In a 2014 survey, the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism ... MOREPadding The Stats: 'Remarks About Physical Appearance' Considered 'Sexual Violence' In Rutgers Student Survey
Failing to differentiate rude remarks from forcible rape. A new survey of Rutgers University students reinforces the idea that one in four college women will be victims of sexual assault... but only if you don't look at the study too closely. Zoom in and you'll find the same problems that plague so much research about sex crimes on college ... MOREMatt Agorist: Stupid Cops Break Into Wrong Home, Shoot Innocent Homeowner, Kill His Dog, Then Shoot Each Other
Another botched home invasion by trigger-happy cops. An almost unbelievable tale of police incompetence comes out of Dekalb County Tuesday after police responded to the wrong home on a burglary call. During the blunder, police officers wrongfully entered a residence as the homeowners, Chris and Leah McKinley and their small child, ... MORE
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