
As the biggest fans of the movie “Star Wars” are dressing up to attend the opening night of “The Force Awakens,” some of the biggest movie theater chains are asking them to leave their toy blasters at home.
by Charlie Spiering17 Dec 2015, 11:42 AM PST0

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against a Muslim woman who claimed that workplace rules forcing her to remove her headscarf amounted to discrimination. The ruling upholds France’s ban on religious symbols in the workplace, which judges said
by Donna Rachel Edmunds27 Nov 2015, 4:42 AM PST0

The Indian government has just outlawed Greenpeace. Naturally, Greenpeace are spinning this as a terrible injustice and a blow for freedom of speech. “This is an extension of the deep intolerance for differing viewpoints that sections of this government seem
by James Delingpole6 Nov 2015, 6:20 AM PST0

On Sunday, Governor Jerry Brown signed the California Racial Mascots Act, banning the use of the nickname “Redskins” from schools across the state.
by William Bigelow12 Oct 2015, 10:47 AM PST0

California’s Coastal Commission bowed to left-wing animal rights activists with approval of an amendment stripping SeaWorld of the ability to breed killer whales as a condition of building a massive new $100 million habitat expansion for the orcas living there now.
by Michelle Moons9 Oct 2015, 10:55 AM PST0

Earlier this month, administrators at Mercer Island School District in Washington State felt compelled to do something for their children this year by banning the playground game of tag, because it just might make some kids feel bad, they said.
by Warner Todd Huston25 Sep 2015, 8:26 PM PST0

In the last four months, Australia outlawed over four times as many PC games as it did from 1994 to 2014. Around 220 computer games were denied classification since March 2014, rendering them illegal to sell or display, compared with only about 50 banned games from 1994 to 2014.
by Robert Shimshock1 Jul 2015, 12:00 PM PST0

Scores of cosmetic, shampoo, toothpaste and personal care products containing microbeads will be forced to find new exfoliating ingredients should California State Assemblyman Richard Bloom’s (D-Santa Monica) reprised bill to ban microbeads pass the state legislature and become law. An
by Michelle Moons18 May 2015, 1:11 PM PST0

Syracuse University, as part of its self-imposed postseason prohibition, banned Otto the Orange from the Atlantic Coast Conference’s annual mascot basketball game on Thursday. Of the ACC’s 15 team mascots, Otto was the only one absent during halftime of the
by William Bigelow13 Mar 2015, 10:16 AM PST0

The Washington Redskins defend their use of the team’s nickname by claiming that a federal ban on several of their trademarks infringes on the team’s right to free speech. The federal case against the team derives from the supposition that the term “Redskins” disparages Native Americans.
by William Bigelow25 Feb 2015, 5:52 AM PST0

That was quick.
California Attorney General Kamala Harris announced Wednesday that the state would appeal a federal judge’s decision to overturn the statewide ban on foie gras, a delicacy made from the enlarged livers of ducks and geese.
by Daniel Nussbaum5 Feb 2015, 12:37 PM PST0

The California Supreme Court, interfering in the affairs of the Boy Scouts, decided on Friday to bar judges from belonging to the Boy Scouts because of the organization’s “invidious” discrimination against gays, triggering an angry outburst from one judge and like-minded opposition from others.
by William Bigelow29 Jan 2015, 12:03 PM PST0

On Wednesday, a federal judge on Wednesday overturned California’s ban on foie gras, a delicacy made from duck and goose liver, ruling that the statewide ban was in violation of federal law.
by Daniel Nussbaum9 Jan 2015, 4:40 AM PST0