Supreme Court: School violated rights

By William R. Toler
In an assertion of the Fourth Amendment, the high court ruled 8-1 Thursday that school officials violated the privacy rights of Savana Redding when she was strip searched for ibuprofen.
The search took place in 2003 after a fellow student caught with ibuprofen claimed she got the pills from Redding. The assistant princpal had Redding’s bag searched before [...]

Hanging from the gallows

By William R. Toler
A Duplin County man is being investigated for a creative political statement.
Lacy Phipps, an elderly Faison man, has local, state and federal authorities up in arms for building a gallows setup featuring officials associated with the justice department.

Hanging from the gallows are life-sized mannequins representing District Attorney Dewey Hudson, [...]

Un-American City?

By William R. Toler
The city of Kinston was named as one of the top-ten All American cities last week along with Statesville.
But some citizens in Lenoir County would beg to differ with that decision.
Earlier this month, city leaders voted 3-2 to annex the neighborhood of Crestview and other communites along Hwy 258, although there had been [...]

UPDATE: Bell visa granted

By William R. Toler
Last week on Coast to Coast A.M., host George Noory informed the audience that Art Bell’s wife Airyn was granted her permanent visa.
While broadcasting from Manila, Bell, creator of the overnight radio show, had told listeners of his plight and encouraged them to flood President Barack Obama with emails to try and [...]

Another Waco?

By Richard C. Evey
Libertarian/Patriot
I have often wondered and people have asked me: When will the government stop the over taxation, over spending, abuse of our freedom, the unconstitutional laws, endless wars, abuse of power and when will the American people say ENOUGH??
When will the American people take a stand and tell the government to return [...]

Coast host fights immigration

By William R. Toler
Radio host Art Bell may never return to the high desert.
The legendary host of  Coast to Coast A.M. told listeners of an ongoing battle with immigration officials while filling in for weekend host Ian Punnett June 6.
Outraged by a lack of cooperation or communication by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Bell sent a [...]

They sank boat, we drowned truth

By Richard C. Evey
Libertarian/Patriot
In May 1915, the S.S. Lusitania left New York headed for London with 2,000 passengers. A German U boat – that’s undersea boat – put one torpedo into the side of the fastest ship in the North Atlantic.
The Lusitania sank in 18 minutes, with a loss of 1,200 people. One hundred twenty-eight [...]