Originally published December 9, 2009. In Tuesday’s primary election, Massachusetts Democrats chose as their Senate nominee a woman who kept a clearly innocent man in prison in order to advance her political career. Martha Coakley isn’t even fit for the
Sixth in a series. Find parts one, two, three, four and five here. . Not since the Salem witchcraft trials has there been a worse disgrace in the annals of Massachusetts jurisprudence: the railroading of an innocent Malden family during
Just when you think certain celebrities couldn’t get any more obnoxious, we are treated to an interview with last night’s Golden Globe winner, James “I’m the King of the World” Cameron in Entertainment Weekly. On page 35 of the latest
Second of a series. Find parts one here and three here. The “Pedophile Priest” Case, 1995-2002: Coakley cut secret deal in 1995 that allowed Father Geoghan to molest again. Martha Coakley is running for the U.S. Senate in part on
Part one of a series. Find parts two here and three here. In researching the ever-intensifying Massachusetts Senate race between Democrat Martha Coakley and her Republican challenger Scott Brown, it only takes a few keystrokes to unearth her ongoing history
While audiences in America flock to the escapist eye candy known as Avatar, it’s sobering to realize that in the real world, far away from James Cameron’s utopian dreamscape and the cozy cocoons of our multiplex theaters, another film’s message
Whenever I watch a retrospective of the Golden Age of Television, I find the shows considerable less entertaining than television I’ve watched as an adult. The Golden Age actually refers to the dramatic programs, sometimes broadcast “live” starring many great
Mayor Bloomberg: The City of New York’s financial resources are in short supply, and we have been forced to reduce our Police Department’s headcount. Thus, securing the trial will require us to pull existing personnel from crime prevention efforts around
CNN: Three people were killed and five others wounded Thursday in a shooting at a St. Louis, Missouri, transformer manufacturing company, police said. It was unclear whether the suspect was among those killed at ABB Inc., St. Louis Metropolitan Police
Press Association: The man who pleaded guilty in the runaway balloon saga that riveted the US for hours says the event was not a hoax. Richard Heene, an aspiring reality television show participant and backyard scientist, told CNN’s Larry King
AP: Attorneys for two men charged with killing a University of North Carolina student body president want a judge to give them more access to details about tipsters’ calls to a crime hotline.
Jeff Norman’s HuffPo article officially allows us to add to a growing list we like to call: Think How Much Better the World Be If the Left Was… …as outraged by communism as they are by anti-communists. …as outraged by
CNN: The initial impression is that the suspect was acting alone and did not have any formal connections to organized terrorist groups, said the official, who is familiar with the investigation.
The Bruno jury in Albany is hung. After six full days of deliberation, the Jury has passed notes to Judge Gary Sharpe, a hard-drinking former U.S Attorney for this district, with questions that are all arguably favorable to the 81
Prohibition, touted as “The Noble Experiment” in its time, criminalized the manufacturing, transportation, and sale of alcohol. While the law did many things, there was one thing it could not accomplish. It could not stop Americans from drinking. As our
KYW: An educator and community leader became a victim of crime as he lapsed into unconsciousness in the waiting room of a Philadelphia hospital Saturday. Police say as the victim was dying, instead of seeking help, three people saw it
Embattled Athens County, Ohio Democratic Chairwoman Susan Gwinn was indicted Monday on two counts of election-related bribery, special prosecutors announced today. Gwinn, who last month was charged with six felonies for campaign finance crimes and money-laundering, became the subject of
Back in 2005, twelve Danish cartoonists received death threats for their interpretation of the prophet Muhammad from some in the Muslim world. We thought that couldn’t happen here. America is more tolerant. But in America we don’t threaten people with
Right before the Thanksgiving news-cycle black hole, charges came out against the SEIU thugs for the Kenneth Gladney beating. Five days later, responsible news outlets everywhere (i.e.: Fox News) could finally cover the story. BigGovernment.com Editor-in-Chief Mike Flynn and Judge
The symbol of our judicial system is the blind folded lady liberty holding the scales of justice in her hands. In St. Louis County it appears she may be peeking. On October 9th, 2000, Patricia Redington, a newly appointed St.
Perhaps Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) thinks of himself as a modern day John Sherman. In 1890, Ohio Sen. Sherman set out on a mission to establish “just competition” laws and level the economic playing field. His quest
