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 […]

Thursday, May 12, 2016 Doreen Hendrickson, Political Prisoner The law is the true embodiment Of everything that’s excellent. It has no kind of fault or flaw And I, m’lords, embody the law. The Lord Chancellor, from Gilbert and Sullivan’s Iolanthe Michigan resident Dorren Hendrickson was convicted of “criminal contempt” and sent to prison for 18 […]

Wednesday, May 4, 2016 Take the Fifth — And Face Life Imprisonment Without a Trial Philadelphia resident Francis Rawls has been in solitary confinement for seven months, despite the fact that he has not been accused of a crime – let alone convicted of one. He may spend the rest of his life in that […]

Thursday, April 21, 2016 Gavin Grimm’s Totalitarian Fairy Tale Faith, we are reliably informed, is the “substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” The troubled 16-year-old girl from Gloucester, Virginia who calls herself Gavin Grimm, and insists on being treated as if she were a boy, is acting on something other […]

Thursday, January 14, 2016 Single-Serving Stalinism: The Continuing Persecution of Matthew Townsend The State of Idaho remains perversely determined to steal five years from the life of Matthew Townsend as punishment for publishing a defiant but harmless statement on his Facebook page.  His supposed offense was to criticize Meridian Police Officer Richard Brockbank by name, […]