Saturday, September 15, 2012 Rand Paul, Meet Timon of Athens Another triumph courtesy of Washington’s Foreign Aid Program. Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul is flogging what he considers to be a brilliant idea: He suggests that the federal government should take “half of the $4 billion that we’re squandering” on foreign aid “to people who […]

Monday, September 17, 2012 If This is “Christian Patriotism”….  Bob Revere is the Mayor of Mount Columbus, a one-stoplight town in the Rocky Mountains. As a young man, Bob fought in the Vietnam War. He was proud to see his only son, Tom, enlist in the Army, but ambivalent when the 20-year-old was sent to […]

Thursday, September 20, 2012 “Sovereign Citizens” and Government’s Monopoly on Crime Police close in on Jerry and Joseph Kane, May 20, 2012 Robert Paudert refers to May 20, 2010 – the day his son Brandon was killed — as the “worst day of my life, ever.” Given that losing a child is the worst thing […]

Friday, April 27, 2012 Officer Regina Tasca Goes “Rogue” A peace officer on duty: Regina Tasca intervenes to stop a criminal assault. Regina Tasca is a “rogue cop” – and God bless her for it.  Tasca is in the middle of disciplinary hearings that may result in her termination from the Bogota, New Jersey Police […]

Monday, September 24, 2012 How to Kill a Law Enforcement Career: The Case of Regina Tasca Regina Tasca at the Borough Council meeting dealing with her termination.   What does it take for a police officer to get fired?  Regina Tasca, a 20-year veteran officer from Bogota, New Jersey, was terminated by the Borough Council […]

Wednesday, September 26, 2012 The Sacred Cause of “Officer Safety” Robert Pierson, shortly before being illegally detained by Deputy Corry Bassett. “It’s just about being safe.” Thus spoke Deputy Corry Bassett of the Lincoln County, Wyoming Sheriff’s Office as he struggled to justify handcuffing Robert Pierson during an August 11, 2011 traffic stop.  Pierson, a […]

Tuesday, October 2, 2012 Remembering the Murder of Donald Scott  “Don’t shoot me! Don’t kill me!” screamed a terrified Frances Scott as heavily armed men broke down the door of her home near Malibu, California shortly after midnight.  Donald Scott, the 61-year-old homeowner, was startled awake by his wife’s screams. Although he was groggy from […]

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 “He’s a Constitutionalist” (SECOND UPDATE, October 16) Detective Rich Perecz assaults Marcella Cruz.  “Bear! There are guys with guns outside!” shouted Marcella Cruz to her husband as she looked out the kitchen window of their farmhouse in Letha, Idaho.  Timidly opening the kitchen door, Marcella – a small, slender, middle-aged woman […]