Mayor Daley Threatens to Shoot Reporter To Prove Gun Ban Works
Mick Dumke Chicago Reader Friday, May 21, 2010 Mayor Daley loves to bag on the local media , and given my recent line of inquiry into his politics and policies,...
Obama Turns His Back On the Press
N.Y. Times | At a ceremony to sign a bill promoting press freedom around the world on Monday, President Obama refused to take questions from reporters. See more...
Kalamazoo Students Told to Provide Citizen Status Before Obama Handshake
Kalamazoo Gazette | Seniors are being asked to provide their birthdates, Social Security numbers and citizen status to the Secret Service so background checks could...
Detroit Plans to Bulldoze 10,000 Abandoned Structures
Wall Street Journal | The city has roughly 90,000 abandoned or vacant homes and residential lots. See more here: Detroit Plans to Bulldoze 10,000 Abandoned Structures
U.S. posts 19th straight monthly budget deficit
Reuters | The United States posted an $82.69 billion deficit in April, nearly four times the $20.91 billion shortfall registered in April 2009 and the largest on...
Schwarzenegger Zings Arizona: ‘I Was Afraid They Would Try to Deport Me’
KSAT-TV Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 “I was also going to give a graduation speech in Arizona this weekend…” Go here to read the rest: Schwarzenegger...
New York bomb suspect was not a terrorist, says father
London Telegraph May 6, 2010 The father of the Times Square bomb suspect has said he is not aware of any links between his son and the Taliban or al-Qaeda. Faisal...
Who Will Bail Out the U.S. Government?
Jacob Hornberger Campaign For Liberty May 3, 2010 The Los Angeles Times is reporting that city governments, who are suffering severe financial strains, are looking...
Electoral dysfunction: Why democracy is always unfair
New Scientist | IN AN ideal world, elections should be two things: free and fair. They have been studying voting systems for hundreds of years, looking for sources...
Libertarian photographer sues Dept. of Homeland Security after arrest for filming courthouse protest
New York Daily News | His lawsuit says that even though he was standing in a public plaza next to the courthouse, an inspector with the Federal Protective Service...
ACORN CEO: Tea Parties a ‘Bowel Movement,’ Future Will Be Worse Than Segregation
Fox News | ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis points to the Tea Party movement — or “bowel movement,” in her words — as a harbinger of the persecution...
SEC probes new $900m Ponzi scheme
FT | US authorities on Wednesday charged a Miami businessman with running a $900m Ponzi scheme and illegally using investors’ money to fund his lavish lifestyle. Go...

