Category Archives: Editorial

House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and GOP leaders have turned to some unlikely allies to rally support for a key trade bill: Tea-Party conservatives, including some prominent names from the raucous House Freedom Caucus. Speaker John Boehner … Continue reading →

Protesters marched through Oakland streets after sunset Saturday in defiance of Mayor Libby Schaaf’s policy of shutting down unlawful assemblies at night in her effort to protect businesses from protest-related violence and vandalism. Unlike a demonstration earlier in the week, … Continue reading →

A Cleveland police officer was found not guilty on Saturday in the shooting deaths of an unarmed black man and a woman after a high-speed car chase in 2012, one in a series of cases that have raised questions over … Continue reading →

Islamic State fighters have killed at least 400 people in Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra, most of them women and children, Syrian state television said on Sunday. It said it was quoting residents inside the city, which is known as … Continue reading →

Former Navy SEAL and Lone Survivorauthor Marcus Luttrell has put his name on a line of ammunition. Luttrell’s Team Never Quit partnered with PNW Arms and Sinterfire to roll out frangible, lead-free ammo in a wide variety of calibers. “The … Continue reading →

Originally published in The Forward Observer. One participant in the Southern Mountains’ Revenue Wars’ of the late 19th and early 20thcenturies stands out. He has been described as the most famous man of whom you’ve never heard. He epitomizes Appalachia’s … Continue reading →

An attack on an inflatable dam holding back precious stores of water on Alameda Creek let loose nearly 50,000,000 gallons of water, enough to serve 500 families for an entire year, said the Alameda County Water District (ACWD). “This is … Continue reading →

From the first sudden, and quite dramatic, appearance of the fanatical Islamic group known as ISIS which was largely unheard of until a year ago, on the world’s stage and which promptly replaced the worn out and tired al Qaeda … Continue reading →

Civil liberty restrictionists like to say that the restrictions are worth it if they halt even one act of terrorism. What happens if they halt no acts of terrorism? From Michael Krieger at libertyblitzkrieg.com: FBI agents can’t point to any … Continue reading →

Mitch McConnell staged an epic gamble over U.S. spying powers — and lost. The Republican leader pledged to keep senators in Washington through the weekend to finish work on expiring provisions of the Patriot Act, but Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) … Continue reading →