Won't Back Down
Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis team up in Hollywood's latest implausible school reform flick
Nanny State
With Presidential Staff Implicated, White House Pressed on Prostitution Scandal
It's a stressful job, and sometimes you have to relieve some tension
New Jersey Considers Requiring Pets To Buckle Up
Politicians. Too much time. It's a bad combination.
UN Looking to New Global Taxes to Tap the Rich
According to some in the UN, the time's come for wealth redistribution, an old favorite in some quarters
NYC's MTA Bans Ads That Could Incite Violence, Breach of the Peace
In other words, they'll be censoring ads that express viewpoints. Don't start vandalizing things you don't like though!
NYPD America's Biggest and Baddest?
Mayor Bloomberg's boast of a "personal army" may not be far off with a police department larger than the FBI that's moonlighting as an intelligence agency in the region and the world
Long Arm of the Law Reaches Out to Innocence of Muslims Filmmaker
Probation violation brings him into federal custody
Claim: $1.4 Billion in Taxpayer Money Spent on President, Family and Staff
Constant Air Force One trips part of what's driven costs up. By comparison the British spend $58 million a year on the royal family
US Building Secrecy Regime, Assange Tells UN
Ecuador sponsored the message from Assange to world leaders gathered in New York
FBI Agent Accused of Using Taxpayer Money to Hire Possibly Underage Prostitutes
In the Philippines, for himself and the subject of a federal investigation
Louisiana Politicians Want Government to Have Power to Force Utility to Sell Assets
Big government Republicans like the state's senator David Vitter and its governor Bobby Jindal
Mayor Witnesses Police Shooting
There hadn't been a police shooting in the small town of Kinsey, Alabama in years before that
Suburban Mom Pleads Guilty to Moonlighting as Madam
Won't get additional jail time but could be deported
FBI Agent Accused of Spending Tax Dollars on Hookers
Happened in the Philippines during a weapons trafficking probe
Florida School District Considers Return to Corporal Punishment
Might beat cops in schools
Remy: Imagine (There's No YouTube)
Remy imagines a world where politicians cave to angry mobs and dictate what we can see on YouTube.
Judge: Motorists Can be Held Indefinitely at Toll Booths
A lawsuit over a practice in Florida of documenting the paying of tolls with large denominations was thrown out.
Prostitution Scandal Takes Down Florida GOP Representative
Mike Horner's name was on the list of a brothel's clients
Miami-Dade Robocalling Phone Numbers on Illegal Road Signs
Trying to annoy repeat offenders into compliance
Chicago Madam's Black Book Includes Judge, Law Enforcement
The judge says he has no idea who the woman is
13 NYC High Schools Offering Morning-After Pills, Birth Control to Students
Parents aren't notified when the children receive the contraceptives, but they can opt their children out of the program
USDA's School Lunch Reforms Earn an "F" from Students
First Lady Michelle Obama and a host of "experts" were wrong about the USDA's new school lunch rules. Is there another way?
Prostitutes in Ghent Told They're Too Prostitute-y
Killjoys want them to rein it in or face fines
Bloomberg's Big Beverage Ban
The mayor's soda scheme won't make anyone thinner, but it sets a paternalistic precedent.
Stifiling Children's Freedom Stifles Creativity, Study Shows
Now the argument as to whether this is a bug or a feature
