The Institute of Medicine said in 2004 there was no credible evidence to show that vaccines containing the preservative thimerosal led to autism in children. But thousands of families have a different take based on personal experience.
Some of them are going to court Monday as attorneys will attempt to show that the [...]
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Today, police departments across the United States more closely resemble an occupying army than they do public servants responding to calls for help. Police officers can now be seen wearing helmets and body armor and carrying AR-15’s, just to deliver simple warrants. The militarization of our police departments not only gives [...]
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The 50 U.S. states are holding more than $32 billion worth of unclaimed property that they’re supposed to safeguard for their citizens. But a “Good Morning America” investigation found some states aggressively seize property that isn’t really unclaimed and then use the money — your money — to balance their budgets.
Unclaimed [...]
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As predicted last week, ICE has begun factory raids of illegal aliens in Iowa. This was not very difficult to predict. The federal government last week leased out the National Cattle Congress fairgrounds in Waterloo, Iowa until May 25th and began moving trailers and generators on location. Reports from the [...]
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Editor’s Note: The following article was posted on May 7, almost a week ago. Since the article was posted, ICE and presumably DHS have raided Agriprocessors Inc. in Pottsville, Iowa, arresting around 700 people. As the post below argues, this round-up is not about illegal immigration but rather is an exercise [...]
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A gang of teenage girls may have blown up a house with a home-made liquid bomb,
which killed a man in a neighbouring property, after arguing with another girl
about a love rival.
Purple liquid was poured through the letterbox of the
Victorian house before the an explosion destroyed three houses.
Their intended victim, Charlotte Anderson, was caught in [...]
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There is a time for food, and a time for ethical appraisals. This was the case even before Bertolt Brecht gave life to that expression in Die Driegroschen Oper. The time for a reasoned, coherent understanding for the growing food crisis is not just overdue, but seemingly past. Robert Zoellick of the [...]
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I’ve posted in the past about the insanity of extending the reach of drunk driving laws in MADD’s attempted return to the glory days of Prohibition. See, for example, Felony Bicycle DUI, DUI on a Scooter, DUI on a Foot-High Toy Bike, DUI in a Wheelchair? and DUI [...]
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British public life cannot be a “God-free zone”, the head of the Catholic church in England and Wales warned last night.
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor said he was unhappy about attempts to “eliminate the Christian voice” from the public forum. He urged Catholics to prevent the country from becoming a “world devoid of religious faith” through a [...]
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The FBI has withdrawn an illegal National Security Letter seeking information from an online library and has lifted a gag order that until Wednesday prevented any discussion of the information request.
Lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union and Electronic Frontier Foundation helped the Internet Archive push back against what they say was [...]
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