It is a sad day when the government of the “Land of the Free” argues that a judge should drop a case because to continue will harm the security of the country. The evidence that the nation’s security is at risk? Well that’s secret, so the government says the court should just take it on […]

Violent crime in the US rose for the first time in five years, with the fastest rise coming … you guessed it in those red states, bastions of morality and civility. The New York Times has the report here: Violent Crime Is Up for 1st Time in 5 Years Most of the largest cities acrosss […]

The suicides at the Guantanamo detention camp have brought some really stupid, outrageous comments from various American officials. One suggested that the suicides were a “publicity stunt”; another siad they were nothing more than “an example of asymmetrical warfare”. What planet are these folks on? The New York Times gets in on the act with […]