A Review of Lanier’s “You Are Not a Gadget”
In an age that glorifies specialization, and often threatens to narrow the interests and achievements of individuals to subfields sterilely reduced to less than an intellectual handbreadth, a person...
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Hassan Convicted in Suspected Honor Killing Case
The trial of Muzzammil Hassan for the 2009 murder of his wife, Aasiya, has ended with his conviction. Hassan — who fired three attorneys and finally ended up defending...
AOL Acquires The Huffington Post
In a clear case of having more dollars than sense, America Online (AOL) is undertaking its least palatable acquisition to date: Arianna Huffington’s amalgam of left-wing screeds, The Huffington...
Iranians Crack Down on Christian Churches
While Islamist extremism is advancing in Pakistan and Egypt, one of the bastions of the Jihadist ideology is facing a challenge its mullahs are having a hard time countering:...
Death Remains Pakistan’s Penalty for Blasphemy Against Mohammed
A Pakistani lawmaker who had worked to reform her nation’s harsh blasphemy law has abandoned that effort, at least for the moment. Sherry Rehman, a member of Pakistan’s parliament,...
South Dakota Bill Would Mandate Gun Ownership
When the Obama administration and congressional Democrats decided that they could start mandating that every American citizen make purchases as dictated by the federal government, the lurch away from...
Italy Urges EU to Protest Persecution
While President Obama and his administration continue to celebrate Islam as the religion of peace and laud “the contribution of Muslims to the United States” as “interwoven into the...
Study Exposes “Undemocratic” UK
Compared to other member nations of the European Union and many other nations with free elections, Great Britain is demonstrably less "democratic" — at least according to a study...
“Green” Wind Power Devastates Environment
Alternative energy production has often proven to be of dubious benefit to the overall economy, but it has served as an arena offering environmentalists the opportunity to feel better...
California Town Bans Cash for Public Payments
At first the question sounds like the start of a really bad riddle: When will the government refuse to take your cash? Under normal circumstances, it is hard to...
Radical Imam Illegally Crosses U.S. Border
Although much of the American debate over illegal immigration centers of the flood of Mexicans who are violating federal law to seek residency within the United States, the invasion...
Obama Planning Gun-control Legislation
In a development that ought to surprise no one, the Obama administration is planning to release its plan for new gun-control legislation within the next two weeks. The fact...
Search for “Blasphemers” Continues in Pakistan
In the three weeks that have passed since the governor of Punjab was assassinated, it has become clear that Islamic extremists are gaining influence in Pakistan. Governor Salman Taseer...
Congress Considers Religious Freedom Envoy
As Pakistan slides further in the direction of Islamic extremism, and anti-Christian violence is on the rise in Iraq and Egypt, Congress may soon consider legislation which may increase...
Arizona Sheriffs Warn of Border Crisis
It is apparent that the Eastern media elites will only pay attention to matters “out West” in so far as the development serve their own premasticated political agenda. Consider,...
EPA Reevaluates the Value of Human Life
An agency of the federal government is having a hard time placing a dollar value on the life of American citizens. Although the debate at the Environmental Protection Agency...
Judge Overturns Calif. Ammunition Law
A judge in California has finally done what the former Republican Governor lacked the spine to accomplish: Stop an egregious effort by the state legislature to further restrict the...
NASA’s Hansen: Dictatorship Can Save the Earth
As the tortured science which is invoked to support the theory of anthropogenic climate change continues to lose its credibility in the eyes of the American public, it appears...
Is Mandatory Gun Insurance the Solution to Gun Violence?
As the gun control lobby seeks to exploit the Tucson tragedy to deprive American citizens of their Second Amendment rights, Democrats are already pressuring President Obama to support such...
Left-wing Media Bias and the Tucson Tragedy
In the aftermath of the Tucson tragedy, the writers at the Media Research Center (MRC) are proving, once again, that they are better reporters than the “journalists” they monitor....