LAND OF THE FREE NOW RANKS 49TH IN WORLD FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

Reporters Without Borders released its 2015 World Press Freedom Index, and has ranked America the 49th most free nation in the world—a deterioration of three places since the previous year. 180 countries were ranked. To phrase this differently, there are 48 countries ahead of the US where journalists and netizens feel more free to write […]

BOEHNER IS DUMB. PLUS HE DOESN’T LOVE AMERICA.

As pressure against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed US visit to address a joint session in Congress grows, I can’t help but think how US Speaker John Boehner—the person who extended the invitation to Netanyahu—doesn’t seem to behave with the rationality or intellect that would befit the third most powerful government official in America. And […]

KING ABDULLAH’S BLOOD-STAINED LEGACY

While President Obama and other Washington heavies give posthumous praise to King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud for his “moderate” voice of the Middle East, I have a different set of memories… Under King Abdullah’s reign, unarmed protesters were shot to death. He beheaded people as if he was creating a national sport. Practicing spiritual […]

WAR ON TERROR ALSO MEANS PLAYING WITH YOUR BRAIN

This should blow your mind—Americans think terrorism should be President Obama’s top priority, according to a recent Pew Research survey. Let’s follow this logic for a moment… Americans consider terrorism a more pressing matter to address than the economy, race relations and scientific research. Meanwhile, you have a better chance at being iced from a […]

STATE OF MADNESS

You didn’t think I’d be silent about President Obama’s State of the Union address, did you? First, we hear that Obama couldn’t push through his true agenda because of Republican Congressional opposition—even though his Democrats dominated both houses during the first two years in office. But he now wants to raise the minimum wage, provide free […]

REMINDER: WHO KILLED MLK

EDIT (Jan. 19, 2026 / MLK Day): I’m resurfacing this post from over ten years ago because MLK is still flattened into a children’s-book version of himself every January. I have one quick item to clarify: the 1999 wrongful-death civil case was brought by the King family against Loyd Jowers, and the jury’s verdict found […]

AND JUST LIKE THAT, WE ALL BECAME LESS FREE – THE CHARLIE HEBDO CHAPTER

You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before. —Rahm Emanuel There is another point about the Charlie Hebdo murders that I’m not sure my earlier post made clear, but a look at the response by […]

THIS (PAST) WEEK IN FREEDOM

While the world may be aware of the millions of marchers in France who expressed support for the Charlie Hebdo employees who were murdered by terrorists for exercising their freedom of the press, I thought a roundup of other recent events—for or against freedom—would be appropriate. 2,000 people, including women and children, were massacred by […]

AM I CHARLIE HEBDO? IT DEPENDS.

I support the right to Free Speech. Hell, I support the Ku Klux Klan’s right to say stupid stuff just as much as I support my right to call them stupid. Allow me to go one step further—I even support racists posting ridiculous comments on my blog, even though no legal provisions exist for me […]

THE ROUHANI NO ONE TALKS ABOUT

On January 15, the world approaches what could be a decisive round of negotiations in Geneva regarding Iran’s nuclear program. Since Iran is willing to talk with the P5+1 in order to free itself from the US-imposed economic sanctions, Iran President Hassan Rouhani obviously needs to return home after the talks with fewer sanctions against its oil and […]