By Robert Romano Can you imagine winning $50,000 at a casino and driving away, happy about your winnings, only to be pulled over and having the large sum of cash seized all the while not being charged with any crime? That’s what happened to Tan Nguyen in Nevada in a case of civil asset forfeiture that was ultimately contested and overturned in […]

By Rick Manning The national push is on for the legalization of self-driving cars under the guise of safety and convenience.  Apparently, these so-called google cars have a better mapping system than I’m provided through my Android hand held device. Otherwise, no one would be dumb enough […]

By Robert Romano Do Internet domain names and their administration constitute property? That is a key question whose answer may determine the future of the Internet itself in the next few months, when a Department of Commerce contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers […]

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By Robert Romano Will the House-proposed Puerto Rico legislation, H.R. 4900 , restructure the territory’s $72 billion of debt, or will it lead to a bailout of creditors? Under the bill, the financial oversight board certainly has the authority to restructure Puerto Rico’s debts — in which creditors would […]

By Dustin Howard President Barack Obama’s nomination of Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden, is a metaphor for what is wrong with the Obama Administration. Not because Dr. Hayden is a bad person or bad at her current job, but because to this administration, radical […]

By Nathan Mehrens We have previously covered the problems with the planned relinquishment to the international community of certain Internet oversight functions. That planned relinquishment is moving forward in the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is under […]

By Robert Romano Under legislation now being considered by the U.S. Senate applying retroactive sentencing reductions to drug offenders, a Columbus, Ohio triple murder suspect would still have been eligible for early release despite having a violent criminal past. Wendell Callahan is being prosecuted for the January 12 murder of his ex-girlfriend Erveena Hammonds and her 7 and 10 year-old daughters , Breya […]

By Rick Manning An Iranian marathoner raises the American flag above his head as he crosses the finish line putting his life at risk.  Whether this individual act of defiance was over the exclusion of American runners from the event or is just some Photoshop tomfoolery or is something broader is immaterial, this photo captured a […]

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