Does the Boston Bomber deserve a Miranda warning? by Guest Columnist: Henry Graebe There is a national debate occurring at the moment that has enormous implications for the future of civil liberties in our country. At the center of the debate is the issue of whether or not the Boston bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, should…
Bill Maher invited Brian Levin, director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism to discuss the Boston bombers psychology behind the attacks. Levin started out by claiming that all faiths are equally bad but Maher countered immediately saying: “I mean, there’s only one faith, for example, that kills you or wants to kill…
(Washington, DC) Secretary of State John Kerry is pledging $123 million dollars in non-lethal aid to Syrian rebels attempting to overthrow the government of Bashar al-Assad. The governments of France and Britain have urged for the provision of armed support to insurgents that have possible ties to al-Qaeda forces in the region. A recent meeting of…
There goes the neighborhood! (The Editor of the Libertarian Republic’s brother, Justin Petersen, lives in the area of Watertown where police have been on a manhunt for suspected terrorists connected to the recent bombings in Boston. Petersen lives in ground zero where the search has brought out police and paramilitary forces to sweep areas where…
Do animals have rights? a rebuttal By Guest Columnist: Kate Todd twitter: @KateToddPhoto https://www.facebook.com/KateToddPhotography Right now there is a battle between the animal agriculture industry and animal rights activists. State legislatures are trying to make it illegal to covertly videotape livestock farms. Arkansas introduced a Farm Protection Bill, making it a crime to…
A Fort Worth, Texas man shot and killed a robber in self defense at a Metro PCS store Tuesday. The local Fox station has the story about the Fort Worth man who carried a concealed handgun when he met the robber to perform a transaction that began on Craigslist. For his own safety the man…
Piers Morgan hosted a panel last night with Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center, a left-wing hate group that attempts to subvert constitutional and civil rights to free speech and the right to bear arms. Morgan immediately tried to get his guest to infer that the attack might have been a result of…
What happened to the right to bear arms? Texas police detained an active-duty Army sergeant for the crime of “rudely displaying” his AR-15 style hunting rifle. The soldier is claiming he was illegally arrested and disarmed. The man’s son was on scene to record the footage because the two had been on a hike to…
From the Blaze: “Tonight on The Glenn Beck Program, Glenn invited two of his favorite people, atheist Penn Jillette and Rabbi Daniel Lapin, onto the show to debate morality, faith, and religion. It was an amazing discussion and the three didn’t agree on everything, but it was a thoughtful and deep conversation that is a…
(ERLANGEN, GERMANY – 2010) The state of Germany performed a SWAT style raid to remove a girl from her family. The state considers them dangerous for attempting to homeschool their own children. The girl had been having trouble in public schools so her parents chose to teach her at home. The state persecutes homeschoolers in…