Overcriminalized.com is a fascinating and terrifying project from The Heritage Foundation. The Heritage Foundation is an extremely conservative think tank. These are not the kind of people you would normally expect to be complaining about “too much law and order.” And yet that is exactly the purpose of Overcriminalized.com. The web site documents a frightening [...]
Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, a special publication from The Epoch Times, offers an insightful glimpse into the usually secret world of Chinese politics. The topics of the nine commentaries are: On What the Communist Party Is On the Beginnings of the Chinese Communist Party On the Tyranny of the Chinese Communist Party On [...]
The Pinkerton Intelligence Agency has given Panama has the highest rating for tourist safety. After having visited four countries in the area (Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama), I can tell you from personal experience that Panama is by far the safest country in the region. Private firearms ownership is the reason that Panamanians enjoy [...]
I was looking for a Sura I remembered and Google introduced me to The Skeptic’s Annotated Qua’ran. The site displays each sura of the Qua’ran, along with analytical study notes giving a plain-English analysis of important verses. Verses are also marked with a useful legend highlighting specific attributes: Injustice Intolerance Cruelty and Violence Absurdities Good [...]
In most the United States, it is a crime to kill yourself. This is a gross encroachment of government into individual rights. As John Stuart Mill wrote in On Liberty, “The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to [...]
Violence by Occupy Wall Street protesters has spread to demonstrations across the nation, with thousands of rioters arrested and dozens of police officers injured. Ed Mullins, president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, explained “New York’s police officers are working around the clock as the already overburdened economy in New York is being drained by ‘occupiers’ [...]
