These two stories are real signs of the screwed-up times. Boy, this is a bad idea on so many levels – teachers are already in high-stress positions — imagine dealing with middle-school-age, hormone-racing kids all day for one thing. Add on the responsibility of being in charge of your firearm, to keep it safeguarded yet [...]

Wow. In these tough times, I can’t imagine what I’d think if I lived in a crime-ridden area and my elected officials opted for this decision. Oakland has the fifth highest crime rate in the nation. (Bloomberg News): Oakland, California, the fifth-most crime ridden city in America, faced a $32 million budget deficit last year. [...]

I saw this story and my heart sank. Why on earth would anyone open fire on those who put their lives on the line every day, pulling people from burning buildings, coming to work each day trying to save lives? In this case, a house in Webster, New York was ablaze and, according to CNN, [...]

Stories like this make me sad and curious — how many people in the U.S. are as intellectually challenged as this man? Has the nation been so dumbed down that it’s not difficult to come across countless stories of jack@ssery like this just casually surfing the news? Randolph Linn, Indiana Man, Drank 45 Beers, Got ‘Riled [...]

This is a guest column by Dr. Art Kamm, whose Apex, NC-based blog, Art on Issues, is dedicated to his study of many topics including, but not limited to, debt, deficits, economy, leadership, healthcare, climate, politics, hunger, intolerance — and extremism in America and in our government. He can be reached on Twitter at @artonissues and on Facebook. [...]

I thought I’d seen it all. Of course Carlos Romero sees it as allegedly “having sex” with, in this particular case, a miniature donkey named Doodle. In the Sunshine State, bestiality has only been against the law since 2010, and the defendant’s attorneys, turned down a deal in order to pursue a constitutional challenge to the law (Huff [...]

The probe’s “most saddening and sobering finding is the total disregard for the safety and welfare of Sandusky’s child victims by the most senior leaders at Penn State.” –  former FBI director Louis Freeh’s statement on the findings during his investigation of the Penn State scandal. Yes, what about the children? It was the football [...]

Mollie Judith Olgin, 19, and Mary Christine Chapa, 18, were found shot in the head by a couple on Saturday morning in Violet Andrews Park, near Corpus Christi, Texas. This is so sad, tragic — and frightening because a murderer is still on the loose as investigators tell KRISTV that they do not believe it was a [...]

Nice to know that my state thinks it’s not the role of government to inform numerous prisoners of  the fact in that they are actually innocent because of errors made by the state, or technicalities of law. (The Loop 21): Take the case of Terrell McCullum. McCullum carried a shotgun and rifle outside of his ex-girlfriend’s home. [...]

The Tampa Bay Times has published its investigation of Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law, which has received wide attention because of the alleged murder of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman, who cited this as his defense for shooting the unarmed teenager. In its review of the numerous cases in which it was invoked, the newspaper [...]