Wednesday, July 6, 2016 Too Big to Jail: Amanda Marshall, Hillary’s Oregon Avatar “I love the law,” lied Amanda Marshall, who actually just loved putting people in cages. As we were recently reminded, lying to federal investigators is a monumentally serious criminal offense, except when it isn’t. While the language of the relevant statute is […]

Monday, June 27, 2016 Bill Keebler and the FBI’s Entrapment Elves Keebler hunting coyotes. Who is William Keebler, that the Regime’s secret police took such an interest in him? A resident of minuscule Stockton, Utah (population circa 700), Keebler, 57, earned a modest measure of media attention five years ago when he was profiled in […]

Tuesday, June 21, 2016 Eco-Leviathan Rangeland Management: Lock It Up, Burn It Down — Then Blame the Ranchers When one says of Don Barnhill that a given challenge confronting him is “not his first rodeo,” the expression is not a wearisome cliché. Rodeo championships figure prominently in Barnhill’s life, which is cluttered with enviable achievements.  […]

Thursday, June 9, 2016 The Peacemaker and the Psychopath The Psycho (Love) is on the left; Peacekeeper Dave Bundy is in the center. Dave Bundy was working on his home in Delta, Utah, when a caravan of at least 20 federal vehicles invaded his property last March. The vehicles decanted a platoon of FBI personnel, […]

Saturday, June 4, 2016 The “Hate Crimes” Lure Shortly before dawn on April 30, Steve Nelson was robbed and fatally beaten by three assailants at near Lake Lowell in Canyon County, Idaho. Nelson had contacted Kelly Bryan Schnieder, who has admitted his role in the attack, through the “male escort” section of the “Backpage” social […]

Thursday, May 26, 2016 The Leo Soell Doctrine: Palpable Punishment for Intangible “Harm” Two Democratic congressmen, always seeking madder music, stronger wine, and new ways to punish people for holding opinions they despise, have introduced a bill they call the  “Do No Harm Act.” The purpose of that measure is to abolish the religious liberty […]

Thursday, April 28, 2016 Commissar Avakian’s Evil Ambitions (Updated, May 2) Oregon Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian bears a strong resemblance to Mikhail Gorbachev. That comparison is misleading: There’s no reason to believe that the former Soviet ruler was ever as passionately devoted to Communism as his doppelganger from the Beaver State. Unlike Avakian, furthermore, Gorbachev […]

Tuesday, May 17, 2016 Lavender Leninists and Heretic-Hunters: The Thoughtcrime Prosecution of Ruth Neely Not merely an offender for a word — an offender for words she didn’t say: Ruth Neely. During her years as a Magistrate Judge in Pinedale, Wyoming, Ruth Neely performed dozens of civil marriage ceremonies. State law (Sect. 20-1-106[a]) specifies that […]