School slaps down Democrats

By Corey Friedman
You can’t be a good Christian and a Democrat, a private evangelical university told its students when it refused to recognize a student club with ties to the national Democratic Party.
Liberty University, the Lynchburg, Va., school founded by the fundamentalist Rev. Jerry Falwell, derecognized the College Democrats because school officials consider Democratic policies [...]

Senate serves up soda tax

By William R. Toler
In an attempt to come up with ways to pay for a nationalized health care system,Senate leaders are bouncing around the idea of a soft drink tax, according to the Wall Street Journal.
In addition to soda, the list of taxable beverages includes energy drinks (Monster), sports drinks (Gatorade), fruit drinks and ready-to-drink [...]

School uniforms force conformity

By William R. Toler
School uniforms are one topic that is really wearing on my nerves and liberty-focused mind.
The indoctrination centers known as public schools are rapidly subscribing to the draconian practice of incorporating school uniforms as an enforceable policy.
Why? What happened to the idea of “individuality” that liberals were pushing for a decade ago? Now [...]

Sykes slaughters sacred cow

By Corey Friedman
Capping a celebration of free speech and its practitioners, the presidential press secretary reinforced the notion that some taboo topics are just off-limits.
Responding to a question about stand-up comic Wanda Sykes’ brutal barbs toward Rush Limbaugh at the White House Correspondents Dinner last week, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said in a press briefing [...]

No title belt, just steel bracelets

By Corey Friedman
Police arrested a Colorado man who browsed a furniture store wearing a professional wrestling mask after skittish employees feared a robbery and fled through the backdoor.
The 54-year-old Longmont, Colo. resident and his wife bought luchador-style masks at a flea market April 25 and the man chose to wear his inside an Ethan Allen [...]

Ron Paul calls for Fed audit

By William R. Toler
Congressman Ron Paul (R-Tex.) has introduced legislation to audit the Federal Reserve, something that has never been done.
HR 1207, known as the Federal Reserve Tranparency Act, was introduced by Paul in late Feburary.
“Throughout its nearly 100-year history, the Federal Reserve has presided over the near-complete destruction of the United States dollar,” he [...]

NC teen held under Patriot Act

By William R. Toler
 Ashton Lundeby is more than 7oo miles away from his family.
The sixteen-year-old Oxford teen is in a juvenille facility in South Bend, Ind. on a criminal complaint that he made a bomb threat, according to WRAL-TV.
Armed federal agents with the assistance of local law enforcement raided his mother’s home Mar. 5 looking for [...]

Congress throws penalty flag

By William R. Toler
As if they have nothing better to do, members of the U.S. Congress decided to enter the sports arena again on Friday.
This time, instead of trying to figure out who used “performance enhancing” drugs, our duly elected officials decided they should intervene in the realm of college football.
Some members of Congress believe [...]

Economy, war aren’t Obama’s fault

By Richard C. Evey
Three-Percent Patriot
Over the past months, all I have heard from the mainstream media and other sources, in particular those that support the RINOs – Republicans In Name Only -  is that AKA is a failure and that he is responsible for the nation’s and the world’s problems.
For those of you who are [...]