Earlier this school year, a sixth-grader in the gifted-and-talented program at Bedford Middle School in Bedford, Virginia was suspended for one year after an assistant principal found something that looked like a marijuana leaf in his backpack. It wasn’t a marijuana leaf. It was a normal leaf. The child of parents Bruce and Linda Bays –…
As Republicans began to examine potential 2016 presidential candidates in 2013 and 2014, Rand Paul seems to be at the forefront of a “new” conservative foreign policy. Stressing peace through strength, Paul has spoken to war-wary Americans who have seen misguided interventionist policies lead to endless wars around the world. With the terrorist attacks of…
EL PASO, TX – Well, it looks like even the suits in the police hierarchy can’t stay away from that freedom-to-batter action in which their uniform-sporting underlings so frequently partake. It has now been reported that a police detective in El Paso, Jessica Martinez, has assaulted her own stepdaughter in a drunken rage in the family…
Nearly every little girl growing up finds herself playing with Barbie dolls. Some have one, and some have hundreds. Either way, these are usually some of the most prized possessions that these young women have. It is for this reason that Mattel’s newly proposed Barbie should give all of us pause. This new high-tech “Hello…
AUSTIN, TX – A handful of news stations and reporters were at the SXWS (South by Southwest, for the uninitiated) event in the Texas state capital city yesterday to cover the open carry rally held by Second Amendment-loving Texans with the support of Come and Take It (CATI), a group that considers itself “on the front line…
Millenials Falling Behind In Critical Subject Areas Millennials have been unfairly slapped with numerous labels that fail to explain reality such as the “entitlement generation”. New research on millennials shows that we are in fact falling behind in literacy, mathematics, and problem solving. Baby boomers should not take these findings as confirmation of their truncated…
Maybe there should be a ban on machetes? That’s what many in San Diego, CA may be chanting soon, after police responded to a large brawl involving 20 people in City Heights on Saturday. The brawl sounding more like a scene from The Walking Dead, began as a party at the 3600 block of Altadena Avenue, escalating to a full-on…
Opelousas, Louisiana Police Chief Donald Thompson has asked the city council to enact a law banning sagging pants. Councilman Tyrone Glover suggested that the ordinance extend to women who wear “Daisy Dukes,” shorts popularized by The Dukes of Hazzard in the early 1980s. The penalty for a violation of this law could include up to a $200 fine…
This year’s White Privilege Conference “WPC” has started out in a very controversial fashion. Labeling members of the Tea Party as “screw-loosers” and “bald-faced racists, president of the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights Leonard Zeskind made his thoughts about the Tea Party very clear on the first day of this year’s White…
On Tuesday, Massachusetts Congresswoman Katherine Clark sent a letter to her fellow Congress members asking them to urge the Appropriations Committee to address various forms of online harassment. Her letter emphasized harassment women face online, was accompanied by an op-ed, and was in response to some of the more aggressive language used against various female activists…