Despite all the respect I have for our brothers north of the border, they do occasionally make me happy that I live in America. In Canada, the politically correct crowd
This post comes with a soundtrack provided by the Meatmen. Listen to this song as you read this entry. Last week, the FCC imposed a fine of $1.43 million against
This sure is a bizarre turn of events. The wanna-be Massachusetts attorney who failed the bar, and then blamed a question about gay marriage for his shortfall has done a
This just in from the how did I miss this before? department: Cnet news reports on the recently-deceased Henry Hyde’s efforts to criminalize speech pertaining to abortion. Make that successful
Yep, in Saudi Arabia, the punishment for rape is 90 lashes. 200 if you appeal and lose. Oh, that’s if you are the victim. Saudi Arabia. Saudi Ariabia Saudi Arabia
My girlfriend told me a story about how a few years ago she had to take a written test to get her Nevada driver’s license. She stood in line for
Matthew Heller at On Point News reports that Michael Newdow, the lawyer who brought a challenge to the inclusion of “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance is taking another
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has proposed a new law to make criminals out of citizens who place bets online. (source) What makes this proposed law suspect to me is that
If you think the PATRIOT Act is bad, you should take a look at the Terrorism Act 2000, courtesy of the United Kingdom. Under that law, a 23 year old
According to the Seattle Times, the Bush administration has been doing exactly what everyone suspected — tapping all of our phones and data. If you are too much of a
It appears that Westboro Baptist Church will appeal the decision rendered yesterday. This excerpt from The Underdog Blog (published by Westboro’s attorney, Jon Katz) was worthy of reproduction. This case
It doesn’t get much better than this (If you like Free Speech) File this under “when will they learn?” Philip J. Smith keeps a blog http://www.jackwhispers.blogspot.com upon which he comments
