This post is primarily for my friends, family and anonymous internet snowflakes who are devastated by the election of Donald Trump, though the principles I present here apply no matter where you fall on the ideological spectrum. Consider that for most of President-elect Trump's 70 years on this earth, you

I wish I could say this was a work of fiction. US Border Patrol subjected a 54yr old female citizen to hours of invasive body searches after being detained at the border looking for drugs. They found nothing. They took her to a hospital and subjected her to X-Rays and

All I keep hearing in the news lately is that we need to pass "common sense" gun laws to prevent tragedies like what happened recently in Orlando and before that in Newtown, CT. The two laws that are being presented as those "common sense" laws are No Fly, No Buy

72 Killed Resisting Gun Confiscation In Boston (1775)Boston – National Guard units seeking to confiscate a cache of recently banned assault weapons were ambushed by elements of a Para-military extremist faction. Military and law enforcement sources estimate that 72 were killed and more than 200 injured before government forces were

By now everyone should realize we haven't been told the entire truth of 9/11. In a move to shed a bit more light on the subject, Congress is currently considering a bill to modify the immunity normally given to foreign governments. It says such immunity should not apply when

Arlene Violet wrote a very interesting piece about the Fair Workweek legislation currently being proposed in the RI Legislature. From the article: It is infuriating to see people who have little or no experience in the private sector dictate terms of employment to business folks who usually devote at least

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. ~ H. L. MenckenHow I feel about the political process right about now.

An open letter to the Republican National Committee: I received your affiliation letter recently, and when I read it, the following passage stood out at me: As a freedom-loving individual who shares our Republican principles of small government, responsible spending and low taxes, you are the foundation of our party.

In the wake of the barbaric Paris terror attacks, everyone is arguing over what we should do to stop further terrorism. Some say we need more war against Islamic countries … or more spying … or more crackdowns on our liberties. In reality – despite what the talking heads may say – the methods

In the most forceful of ways D.C. District Court Judge Richard Leon smacked down the NSA's bulk metadata collection as violating the 4th Amendment and issued an injunction, ordering the NSA to immediately cease collecting information on the plantiffs. This ruling brings 2 questions to mind: We know the

It is clear that DraftKings and FanDuel are the leaders of a massive, multibillion-dollar scheme intended to evade the law and fleece sports fans across the country. Today we have sent a clear message: not in New York, and not on my watch. ~ Eric SchneidermanOnline Fantasy Football is now banned

Believe it or not, but there is a tax that I could support as libertarian. In fact, it's a tax I even would want to see. Because it fixes the problem of underfinanced government budgets and it also aligns the voting populace with the risk of "investing" in government.I

I'm sick of people calling for more gun control laws in response to mass shootings. There is simply no correlation between gun ownership, mass shootings and murder rates. I'm also sick of the selective coverage of gun violence. If a bunch of white people in middle America get shot, or

If you think our system of justice has even a shred of decency left, I present to you Edward Snowden. In a recent interview with the BBC, Snowden explained that he has offered many times to return to the US to face trial and, if necessary, go to prison. What

I celebrate the reality that the US Government must now recognize marriages by homosexual couples under the 14th Amendment. It's a topic I've written about previously but this ruling is not all rainbow flags and unicorns. I saw a few comments like this on different websites and it really struck

Nothing in government should surprise me at this point, but here we are. Craig Patty's attorney had the following to say after he sued the DEA and lost looking for them to pay to repair his truck that federal agents used in a drug raid that went sideways: A federally

This I can't believe. If you stay at the Motel 6 on Jefferson Blvd in Warwick, they are voluntarily sending your information (along with all other guests) each night to the Warwick PD. The Police are then running that information to see if there's any outstanding warrants (along with anything

Huge outcry over the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and a business called Memories Pizza. At issue is the pizzeria owner's stance that they're more than happy to serve anyone who enters their restaurant but would refuse to cater a homosexual's wedding. While religious people claim these laws are about protecting

Judge Andrew Napolitano neatly sums up the state of our government by asking a rhetorical question in his latest opinion piece: Mr. President, is it true that there are standards of behavior for Bill and Hillary Clinton and their friends and other standards for the rest of us?It seems

The Federal Government is broke. Our debt is larger than our entire economy, and our outstanding liabilities (money we've promised but haven't spent yet) make our debt look like change between the couch cushions. To people who've been paying attention, this is nothing new. To the rest of us, and

If [torture is] what you want to defend, so be it. For me, I want professionals who live by a code of honor and ethical conduct. We may have to swim in the sewers but we should not enjoy the taste of shit. ~ Larry JohnsonA number of critics think the

Midterm election results are in for Rhode Island. I was hoping the voters would exercise their brains but that only occurred in 1 instance, which means it was probably an accident and not a sign of changing times. In the Governor's race, Allan Fung, the Republican, lost with 36% of

Before and after the passage of his signature legislation the President promised the American people time and time again that under ObamaCare if you like your insurance plan you can keep it. There were no caveats, no qualifications. By now it's clearly understood the President was lying. And when pressed

[H]ere is the bottom line: if you don’t want to get shot, tased, pepper-sprayed, struck with a baton or thrown to the ground, just do what I tell you. ~ Sunil DuttaHe calls it cooperation; I call it submission. Prof Dutta claims that it would be easier for everyone