Best of the Blog 2008

What was the best story posted on IndieRegister.com this year? The decision is yours.
As the sandtimer runs out on 2008 and your humble editors have failed to select the blog’s best posts, we’re asking you to make the decision by voting for your favorite stories in the poll below. A link and description for each [...]

2008’s most popular posts

The abrupt firing of a Craven County court official. Funny money bearing the image of Barack Obama. A call for consumers to refuse retail store receipt checks and bag searches — and several stories of shoppers being hounded, harassed and illegally detained for doing so.
These posts brought in the most page views since IndieRegister.com relaunched [...]

Soldiers’ stories can’t justify war

By Corey Friedman
Critics of the Iraq war simply don’t understand, the hawks and the Bush backers sigh. Talk to the troops — any U.S. servicemember will tell you the lumbering fiasco edited for cable news isn’t the same conflict he’s fighting.
The stories supposedly squelched by mainstream TV networks and newspapers are heartening. A soldier cradles [...]

Another Constitutional Convention?

By Richard C. Evey
This country is headed for a disaster. I am not referring to the inauguration of the savior in January of 2009. That is another story and I am not going there, not now.
I am referring to a call for a constitution convention, a con con. It has been reported, on mainly non [...]

Colleges stifle student speech

By Corey Friedman
Students at three-fourths of U.S. colleges and universities could face punishment for controversial — but constitutionally protected — speech and expression.
About 74 percent of 364 American educational institutions studied have “speech codes” that violate students’ and faculty’s First Amendment right to free speech, according to a Dec. 15 report by the Foundation for [...]

Bill of Rights turns 217 today

By Richard C. Evey
Two hundred and seventeen years ago on Dec. 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights was ratified by the then-states of a new country, the Unites States of America.
The United States of America might never have existed without the Bill of Rights. It is so important that several states of the original 13 [...]

Minimum purchase? Don’t buy it

By Corey Friedman
I saw the sign yesterday at my local mall. Maybe you’ve seen it, too, pinned prominently to a cash register at a store checkout.
“Credit and debit card minimum purchase $3.00.”
Maybe it’s $3, maybe it’s $5, maybe it’s $10 or more. The store only accepts credit or debit if your purchase meets a certain [...]

Pearl Harbor no sneak attack

By Richard Evey
On Dec. 7, there will be no speeches, no parades, no memorials and few remembrances. It will be just another day to most citizens and elected officials of this once great county of ours.
It will be remembered by the survivors, the loved ones of those who died and those who won’t let it [...]

The sound of freedom

By William R. Toler
As a staunch advocate of the Second Amendment, I decided to reclaim my old shotgun a few weeks ago.
It was given to me by my father for Christmas when I was 12 years old (I think).
As a child, I used to go hunting with my dad. I bagged three deer with a [...]