Tag Archives: government

America and guns: Why do so many stoke paranoia about firearms?

08/05/2015 Published on Foxnews.com

My town, New York City, enforces rigid gun laws. Police refused to assign me a gun permit. The law doesn’t even let me hold a fake gun on TV to demonstrate something.
But New York politicians are so eager to… Continue reading →

Donald Trump: The first Hispanic president

07/02/2015 Published on Foxnews.com

Funny headline, huh? Because of course Donald Trump isn’t Hispanic. More importantly, the Hispanic world seems at war with Trump over his recent comments about “Mexico and Central America sending us their worst citizens, not their best.” And corporate America… Continue reading →

Fox News Poll: Voters distrust government, say Obama not most transparent

06/30/2015 Published on Foxnews.com

June 29, 2015: President Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington before signing H.R. 2146 Defending Public Safety Employees Retirement Act and H.R. 1295 Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The nation’s… Continue reading →

Surplus military Humvees heading to the highway?

06/29/2015 Published on Foxnews.com

(GovPlanet.com)

It just got a little easier to take the ultimate off-roader onto the street.
Last December, the Defense Logistics Agency began selling off surplus military Humvees to the public for the first time through auction site GovPlanet.com, which is… Continue reading →

Trump 2016? – Jeb Bush Makes It Official

06/16/2015 Published on Foxnews.com

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush takes the stage as he formally joins the race for president with a speech at Miami Dade College, Monday, June 15, 2015, in Miami. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Controversial television personality and businessman Donald Trump expected… Continue reading →

Calling America ‘Land of Opportunity’ offensive, University of California warns professors

06/15/2015 Published on Foxnews.com

Phrases such as “America is the land of opportunity” and “America is a melting pot” are “micro-aggressions” that could leave some students feeling discriminated against, according to a new faculty training guide put out by the University of California that… Continue reading →

Time to pull your kids out of public school?

06/11/2015 Published on Foxnews.com

My high school colors were green and white. At graduation the boys wore green robes and the girls wore white. No one considered the girls inferior because of the color of their robes.
Today, we live in different times. My… Continue reading →

Supreme Court rules Facebook threats as ‘free speech’ unless there’s intent

06/02/2015 Published on Foxnews.com

Photo illustration. (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic)

On June 1, the U.S. Supreme Court, in an 8-1 ruling, stated that Facebook threats are not criminal — at least until it is proven that they have some measure of intent. While free speech defenders… Continue reading →

Supreme Court throws out conviction for Facebook threats

06/01/2015 Published on Foxnews.com

The Supreme Court on Monday threw out the conviction of a Pennsylvania man convicted of making threats on Facebook, but dodged the free speech issues that had made the case intriguing to First Amendment advocates.
Chief Justice John Roberts, writing… Continue reading →

Supreme Court: Making threats on Facebook is no reason to go to jail

Published on Foxnews.com

Making threatening comments in rap lyrics on Facebook is not sufficient cause to determine that a real threat exists and sentencing someone to prison, the U.S. Supreme Court said Monday in its first ruling regarding freedom of expression on the… Continue reading →