Terrorists and politicians morph liberty to slavery. The war on terror has essentially turned police into occupying armies in some American communities, said a police and criminology expert. Thomas Nolan, an associate professor of criminology at Merrimack College and former senior policy analyst with the Department of Homeland ... MORE
by John Vibes. Last month, an epileptic woman from California was attacked by police and arrested after she called 911 to report that she was having seizures and needed medical attention. When police arrived on the scene, Andrea Starr was still having seizures and was unable to respond to their commands. Not understanding that the woman ... MORE
"Legacy of slavery" not the issue. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said there were "phrases that serve as an excuse for not thinking." One of these phrases that substitute for thought today is one that depicts the current problems of blacks in America as "a legacy of slavery." New York Times writer Nicholas Kristof asserts that ... MORE
by Eric Lichtblau and Willilam M. Arkin. The federal government has significantly expanded undercover operations in recent years, with officers from at least 40 agencies posing as business people, welfare recipients, political protesters and even doctors or ministers to ferret out wrongdoing, records and interviews show. At the Supreme Court, ... MORE
by Ronald Bailey. The Wall Street Journal has a terrific article, "Americans' Cellphones Targeted in Secret U.S. Spy Program," that details how U.S. Marshals Service aircraft deploy "dirtbox" technology to spy on millions of Americans' cellphones from above. The dirtbox technology (so named as an acronym for the company that makes the devices, ... MORE
Anti-cancer device in the crosshairs. In August, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed expanding its regulatory authority over tobacco products
to include cigars, pipe tobacco, hookah tobacco, electronic cigarettes
(e-cigarettes), and dissolvable products and gels. Currently, cigars are
the most popular item in this group, but ... MORE
Deputy faces no charges after shooting girl 4 times. More proof the government is not us. Police charged into a darkened field trying to arrest teenagers for consuming alcohol without government permission, and killed a young woman in the process. The deadly raid occurred in the early morning hours of Saturday, April 26th, ... MORE
Because we know more and more about it. Fifty years ago, FBI operatives sent Martin Luther King, Jr. was has come to be known as the "suicide letter," an anonymous note suggesting the civil rights leader should off himself before his private sex life was made public. The information about King's extramarital assignations was gathered ... MORE
California acknowledges the 2nd Amendment! A procedural decision in a landmark Second Amendment case could spell the end for California laws restricting the issuance of permits to carry concealed handguns. The decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals would bar other law enforcement officials, including state Attorney ... MORE