Tehran’s much-discussed nuclear program and its supposed threat to Israel and the U.S. are pretexts for a war against Iran intended to precipitate regime change and punish the country for threatening the “petrodollar”-based economy — and that threat, in turn, is exacerbated by the growing likelihood of war. ­“Economic sanctions, spearheaded by the US and, [...]

After a deliberate assault by Newt Gingrich’s security staff on campaign volunteer Eddie Dillard left the 29-year-old man with a broken foot, the Ron Paul campaign demanded an apology and compensation for his medical expenses. “They say the culture of an organization is a reflection of its top executive and today’s deplorable behavior against Ron [...]

Taking the collectivist logic of prohibition and food regulation to its logical conclusion, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) claims that adult stem cells are drugs, and that stem cell therapy affects interstate commerce in FDA-approved drugs. In principle, this means that an individual’s body, for regulatory purposes, should be considered federal property. Last August, [...]

Shannon Jones, an attorney and former judge in Tennessee’s Crockett County who pleaded guilty last fall to federal meth charges, was given the most lenient sentence imaginable – six months in prison, three years of supervised release, a $100 assessment fee, and $3,300 in restitution to the Drug Enforcement Administration. When he was arraigned roughly [...]

A January 29 dispute over a recently imposed leash requirement ended with an unidentified park ranger shooting Montara, California resident Gary Hesterberg with a taser in Rancho Corral de Tierra, which was recently subsumed by the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. “I heard what I thought was a pistol shot,” recalls eyewitness John Barlett, who [...]

Crime victims who call 911 often discover that while the police can’t offer help, they can always make the situation significantly worse – as a single mother from Milwaukee learned when she was raped by one of the cops who responded to her call, then arrested for “assaulting an officer.” Police Officer Ladmarald Cates was [...]