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Supreme Court Decides Half Of Oklahoma Has Been An Indian Reservation For Past 113 Years

July 11, 2020 by PA Pundits - International

By Zack Smith ~ The Supreme Court issued one of the most consequential decisions of its term on its last day Thursday. No, it wasn’t either of the decisions about President Donald Trump’s tax returns. Instead, it involved a case that received little attention at the time it was argued. But how often can court watchers […]

4 Years on, ‘Marriage Equality’ Slogan Still Doesn’t Add Up

June 27, 2019 by PA Pundits - International

Ryan T. Anderson ~ Most everyone in America was and is in favor of marriage equality. Most everyone was and is in favor of marriage equality because most everyone wants the law to treat all marriages equally. The debate in the United States in the decade and a half before Obergefell v. Hodges wasn’t […]

Case Against Accused USS Cole Bomber Stalled Again

April 22, 2019 by PA Pundits - International

By Cully Stimson ~ The trial against the al-Qaeda terrorist accused of killing 17 American sailors in the attack on the USS Cole—which was was hit by explosives while harbored in Yemen in 2000—suffered a serious setback this week. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a decision in the Guantanamo Bay […]

The Demo Assault on Kavanaugh … and Our Constitution’s Rule of Law

September 27, 2018 by PA Pundits - International

These Democrat tactics are the “ends justify the means” standards of “justice” upon which totalitarian regimes are built and sustained. By Mark Alexander ~ “They define a republic to be a government of laws, and not of men.” —John Adams (1775) My wife, Ann, is traveling with friends in the Northeast this week, walking in […]

Repealing Gun-Free School Zones Act Would Make Schools Safer, Kentucky Lawmaker Says

March 3, 2018 by PA Pundits - International

By Rachel del Guidice ~ Schools would be better protected from mass shootings if federal legislation enacted in 1990 that bans guns from school zones is repealed, a Kentucky congressman says. “I have used the statistic on ‘Meet the Press’ Sunday that 98 percent of mass public shootings happen in gun-free zones, and I believe […]

Lacking Common Sense

June 23, 2017 by PA Pundits - International

By Tom McLaughlin ~ The young woman looked nervous as she knocked on the window of my classroom door. “Excuse me, class,” I said as I stepped out to speak. She was a former student and substituting in the next classroom. “A boy is throwing things at other students. He won’t stop, and he refuses […]

House Shouldn’t Rubberstamp Senate’s Misleading GMO Bill

July 12, 2016 by PA Pundits - International

By Daren Bakst ~ Federal legislation that requires the labeling of genetically engineered food is making its way through Congress. This new law runs counter to science, free speech, and could harm agricultural production as well as American consumers. Last week, the Senate passed a federal mandatory GMO labeling bill. Now the House is expected […]

Senators To AG: Stop Targeting Opponents Of Obama’s Energy Policies

May 29, 2016 by PA Pundits - International

By Hans von Spakovsky ~ On Thursday, five U.S. senators sent a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch demanding that she stop using Justice Department “law enforcement resources to stifle private debate on one of the most controversial public issues of our time—climate change.” Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Mike Lee, R-Utah, Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., David […]

Brooklyn Federal Court Sides With Apple, Emboldening Tech Giant In San Bernardino Case

March 4, 2016 by PA Pundits - International

By Andrew C McCarthy ~ Congress, not the courts, should sort out competing claims of privacy and security in today’s high-tech communications. In a ruling that could have ramifications for Apple’s battle with the FBI over the iPhone of the San Bernardino terrorist, a federal magistrate-judge in Brooklyn yesterday denied the government’s request in a […]

Life Under An Iron Fist

January 18, 2016 by PA Pundits - International

Federal government overseers threaten property and livelihoods of hardworking westerners By Paul Driessen ~ Activists protesting federal land mismanagement and the imprisonment of Dwight and Steven Hammond recently occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters building in Oregon. Some facts, context and perspective may help people understand what’s really going on here. At its core, […]

In New York, You Could Be Fined $250K For Failing To Use A Transgender Person’s ‘Preferred’ Pronoun

January 7, 2016 by PA Pundits - International

By Kelsey Harkness ~ Raising the bar for other cities throughout the country, New York City announced “strong” and “bold” protections for transgender and gender non-conforming individuals. The new legal guidance, issued Dec. 21 by the New York City Commission on Human Rights, came as part of an expansion of the city’s 2002 Human Rights Law, […]

How To Avoid Being Killed By The Police

December 4, 2014 by PA Pundits - International

By Gregory D. Lee ~ As a public service to the residents of Ferguson, Missouri, and the surrounding areas, below are things you can do to prevent being harmed or possibly killed at the hands of your local police. Don’t Smoke Marijuana. Smoking marijuana can make people do stupid things like committing thefts or strong […]

Pastor James McConnell’s Full Length “Controversial” Sermon On Islam

September 30, 2014 by Dave the Sage

Pastor James McConnell is a Belfast, Ireland pastor who came under fire and police scrutiny earlier this year for daring to characterize Islam as heathen and Satanic. Speaking to his congregation in north Belfast, Mr McConnell said “a new evil had arisen” and “there are cells of Muslims right throughout Britain”. “Islam is heathen, Islam […]

Time To Register Books And Put Reasonable Restrictions On The 1st Amendment

March 4, 2013 by Guest Contributor

By David Huntwork ~ President Obama and his progressive allies have recently told us that even the most draconian of gun laws must be passed because “If we save even one life from gun violence, it’s worth it.” While that’s an amazingly ignorant, infantile, and even downright silly statement, it does neatly sum up a […]

An Opinion On Gun Control

January 3, 2013 by PA Pundits - International

By Larry Correia ~ I was sent an email yesterday from my good friend in Stockton CA with the text of this article. While it is quite long, this is without fraction of a doubt the best article I have read in the days following this awful tragedy in Newtown Connecticut. This is written by […]

The Mediscare Advantage

August 24, 2012 by PA Pundits - International

The Patriot Post ~ “The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for unexplained projects, forbids it in the dispensation of the public moneys.” –Thomas Jefferson Mitt Romney’s selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate made clear that the presidential race would not only be about what a […]

If I Were Dictator (Part 9)

June 27, 2011 by marlin6

By Marlin6 On 02/05/2008, I authored a post “Benevolent Dictators Make Good Government”. Examples are King David – Israel – (1010 BC –970 B.C.) in ancient times and General Douglas McArthur – Japan – (1945 –1947) in modern times. I started musing about what I would do if I were absolute dictator of the United […]

Convicted Murderers to Be Freed if California State Senator Gets His Way

June 3, 2011 by PA Pundits - International

By Cully Stimson A warning to Californians: dangerous convicted criminals are coming soon to a neighborhood near you. That’s because last week, in the case of Brown v. Plata, the Supreme Court ordered the State of California to release approximately 46,000 convicted criminals onto the streets. That decision was issued just days before a scathing […]

Photo ID, Fingerprints, Retinal Eye Scans and Voting in America

June 1, 2011 by PA Pundits - International

By Frank Hill Quick: Which of the things listed below do NOT require a photo ID to perform? (a) Buy cigarettes or alcohol (b) Enter a federal building (c) Board a commercial airplane (d) Purchase over-the-counter antihistamine (e) Vote in an election You are correct. ‘E’ it is, dumb as it is. Completely absurd in […]

Are We Really Willing to Wage War to Protect Civilians?

April 24, 2011 by T Lee Humphrey

Is the West truly ready to commit to fight wars on the premise of protecting human life? The UN office for the protection of civilians UNPC has reiterated that article 4 of the Geneva Convention was adopted in 1949 yet we have most often failed to live up to that article. Indeed after the numerous […]

Time for a National Dialogue on Crime?

November 27, 2010 by PA Pundits - International

By Dr. Laina Farhat-Holzman No matter what we do, our prisons seem to get more and more crowded. Judges are often given no choice in the sentencing for certain crimes, and the crimes we list on the books keep growing. Just as we need to redo the nation’s infrastructure each half-century, we need to redo […]

VA Problems and Possible Solutions

November 14, 2010 by patpacer

The medical care at the VA nationwide is getting much worse for many veterans: here at the Wilkes-Barre VAMC I am seeing a three-month waiting time to see a doctor or a physician’s assistant, first available appointment to see a dentist can be six weeks waiting time. Too many veterans who are eligible to receive […]

Finally INJUSTICE is Served!

October 15, 2010 by Grumpy Old Man

INJUSTICE IN SHENANDOAH PA Or is This Miscarriage of Justice Merely a Tool to Get Someone Re-elected? (IMG Blind Justice weeping) Derrick Donchak and Brandon Piekarsky are Railroaded and are Sacrificed on the Altar of PC. From a political point of view what’s a sacrifice of 2 kids compared to getting all the Illegal Aliens […]

Free Speech On Trial

October 5, 2010 by PA Pundits - International

By Andrew Bolt This post concerns a short movie that Geert Wilders made a couple of years back. That movie is ‘Fitna’, a movie that has been condemned by many, in this politically correct era, where it seems litigation is the first ‘port of call’ to stifle free speech, even though many more agree with […]