About two months ago I wrote about a judge in Mississippi who imprisoned an attorney for not reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. As I predicted, the judge received a public reprimand and has acknowledged his error. The attorney who was… Continue Reading
Headline: Owners of Park51 project apply for $5,000,000 in Federal redevelopment funds designed to encourage development in downtown Manhattan after 9/11. Reaction: Wharrgarbl! Examples of resulting wharrgarbl may be found in all the predictable places, like here, and here. And… Continue Reading
Every time airport security procedures are tightened, a margin of people who otherwise would have traveled by air decide not to. In some cases, they opt to travel by car instead. For instance, overall airline use declined when the TSA… Continue Reading
Ahmed Ghaliani was accused of being a significant participant in the August 7, 1998 bombings of the United States embassy complexes in Kenya and Tanzania. At least 223 people were killed and over 4,000 were wounded in nearly-simultaneous suicide bombings… Continue Reading
Hat tip to Doug Mataconis.
I’ve been thinking more and more about the nudity scanners and genital gropes that airline passengers are being asked instructed by the government to endure if they want to travel by airplane. First of all, let’s start with the law. … Continue Reading
I’m not fond of the idea of a TSA agent feeling me up the next time I try to board a plane. Not that I think that the agent is really looking forward to it, either. But is the threat… Continue Reading
What is it with all the stories about hecklers’ vetoes? After I felt moved enough by Pat Condell yesterday to praise a culture of free speech, I turn around and see this — someone’s offended by a kid putting an… Continue Reading
Sometimes I wonder why exactly I can’t find it in my heart to condemn Islam so starkly, clearly, and powerfully as Pat Condell: Then I remember the answer: what Condell is describing here isn’t congruent with my own personal experience… Continue Reading
A Federal court in Oklahoma has enjoined certification of the passage of Measure 755, about which I and several others wrote a while back. If you haven’t been keeping up with past episodes, Measure 755 would forbid an Oklahoma court… Continue Reading