civil liberties

Flag desecration at University of Maine - Farmington

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

College Dems endorse GLBT rights

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

Go figure, right?
The chair of the University of Wisconsin - Madison College Democrats penned an article endorsing GLBT rights, framing the issue as a “civil rights” struggle.
In every generation, there is a struggle to create a more just society. From our founding fathers’ struggle to re-concentrate the most basic powers of governance to the people […]

Liberal group silent as woman faces possibly of execution

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

A British teacher was recently arrested in Sudan for possession of a teddy bear. Charged with inciting hatred and insulting religion, Gillian Gibbons, will stand trial and may face execution if found guilty.
Reporting on the trial, a “powerful” Sudanese newspaper urged authorities to call a hardline Islamist leader linked to Osama bin Laden to […]

Ron Paul to speak at Seattle University

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Ron Paul will speak to Seattle University on September 14 from 1:30 - 2:30 in Campion Hall. The event is being sponsored by the Seattle University Federalist Society.
On Facebook the event is described as follows.
Come hear Presidential candidate Ron Paul (R) speak on the U.S. Constitution. This event is free and open to the […]

Poll: Monitoring phone calls makes America Safer

Sunday, August 12th, 2007

Rasmussen Reports:
Fifty-nine percent (59%) of voters believe that allowing the government to intercept phone calls from terrorist suspects makes America safer.
Seventy-nine percent (79%) of Republicans believe that allowing the government to intercept such calls makes the nation safer.
To speak in light of a recent post, polls as we should all know isn’t all that makes […]

Gingrich: “We are in trouble”

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

In a speech to the National Press Club, Newt Gingrich said:
In less than four years we defeated Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan. Today it takes 23 years to add a fifth runaway to the Atlanta airport
(why is that Esther?)
Toward the end of the taped speech, Gingrinch makes a good point concerning […]