How civil asset forfeiture allows police to take your money

Civil asset forfeiture is where the government can take your property, even if they never convicted you of an offense. It's a blatant violation of due process. But, we as Americans allow government to get away with it. Why? Well, part of the problem are the anti-drug zealots....

Why can't communist become citizens, but Nazis can?

Did you know that if you wanted to become a citizen, or a legal resident of the United States, you cannot be a member of a communist party. Not just a member of the Communist party of say, China (which we do a lot business with ironically) but even a communist party member...

The silly bible and 1/2 of Americans don't believe in evolution

Did you know almost 50% of Americans believe that lung cancer is caused by little elves tearing holes in lungs, and not things like smoking? Well, the politicans elected by the tobacco lobby might like people to believe that. Did you know that 50% of Americans believe...

Police raid on gay bar, sees numerous rights of patrons violated

At the Atlanta Eagle, an Atlanta bar with gay patrons, police conducted a raid in 2009. A website dedicated to the memory of this raid, states on their website: "An independent investigation has confirmed that Atlanta police officers broke the law during the raid of the...

Found not guilty, but still have arrest record

Do you know that if you were acquitted of a crime and not found guilty, you have no right to have the arrest record of that alleged crime, expunged or sealed? So, prospects with a future employer would be harmed by a crime that your fellow citizens did not convict you. Or,...

Why do we tolerate prosecutors breaking the law for convictions?

The man in this case got 18 years in prison for robberty and murder, with 14 of that on death row. He was wrongly convicted. Was it an innocent mistake of the criminal justice system? No, it was because of the prosecution witholding evidence that would have shown he was not...

Evolution under attack in South Korea and prison for atheist

In South Korea, a creationist (fundamentalist Christian) group has succeeded in getting that nation's Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to ask school textbrook publishers to eliminate examples of evolution from textbrooks. This, is extremely depressing. In the...

GOP senator calling for Muslims to be kicked out of military

If there is one thing you can count on, it is that Christian fundamentalists (which make up a sizable percentage of the Republican party) hate Muslims. Maybe more so than they hate atheists or gays or immigrants or Wiccans or feminists or union leaders. Now, I'm no great...

Where have all the "support the troop" ribbons gone?

Something I have noticed, why are there so much fewer "support the troops" ribbons on cars? When George Bush was president, they were everywhere. Where have they gone? Did those conservative critics of Obama's handling of the military conflict in Libya, not care about the...

Police raid on gay bar, sees numerous rights of patrons violated

At the Atlanta Eagle, an Atlanta bar with gay patrons, police conducted a raid in 2009. A website dedicated to the memory of this raid, states on their website: "An independent investigation has confirmed that Atlanta police officers broke the law during the raid of the...

G.B. prostitution charge shows absurdity of prostitution laws

Brandon Underwood, defensive back for the Green Bay Packers, pleaded no contest to non-marital sexual intercourse prostitution charges. It looks possible that the woman who claimed that he sexually assaulted her, may have been trying to shake him down for more money because...

Medical marijuana patients denied because of being on probation

Medical marijuana has helped many individuals whose pain and suffering cannot be relieved through any other means. I am a big supporter of the right of someone to use marijuana while in great pain. It is the height of absurdity and injustice for the government to stop...

About that imaginary war on Christmas

This is a funny and amusing column by Rob Boston of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State. It highlights the fact that the supposed war on Christmas by secularists/humanists such as myself, is in their imagination. ""To be more accurate, I should point out...