Liberty
Chicago Votes to Make City’s Conditions Worse
Editors at National Review Online question the electorate within the Windy City. The voters have spoken, and Chicago is going to pay the price. Mayor Lori Lightfoot was undone by…
National Fraternal Order of Police
US fraternal organization of law enforcement officers
Liberty
Police Group Accuses Psaki of Laughing Off Crime Concerns
Caroline Downey of National Review Online reports concerns about recent statements from President Biden’s chief spokeswoman. The National Fraternal Order of Police, the largest law enforcement advocacy organization in the…
Elections & Public Integrity
Police groups pan Beto’s plan
Stephen Gutowski of the Washington Free Beacon reports police reaction to Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke’s gun confiscation proposal. National law enforcement organizations harshly criticized Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke’s…
Liberty
Faster federal death penalty pursued
Charles Fain Lehman of the Washington Free Beacon reports interesting developments linked to the federal government’s use of capital punishment. The Trump administration is pushing for legislation that would accelerate…
Elections & Public Integrity
One type of union Hillary will avoid
John Lott explains at National Review Online why there’s at least one organized labor group that should expect no shameless pandering from Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. The Democratic party…
Liberty
Beyond My Pay Grade
There are two big stories in Asheville. Both pertain to allegations of wrongdoing that defendants refer to as “personal attacks.” In the first, 44 Asheville police officers signed a no-confidence…
Liberty
Compliment a Cop, for a Change
Hardly a day passes that some WNC newspaper doesn’t have some law enforcement scandal in the headlines. In fact, I rejoice on the days when all headlines are about druggies,…
Elections & Public Integrity
The real reason why they carp about ‘big money’ in politics
You’ll find it in Newsweek‘s profile of the Ohio Senate race, in which Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown finds himself in a tighter-than-expected contest with his Republican challenger. In a normal…
Liberty
The assault on salt and other Carolina Journal exclusives
When Carolina Journal Associate Editor Sara Burrows wrote that the federal government’s attack on salt could have unintended consequences for items such as country ham, other media outlets took notice.…
Liberty
Bwa-Ha-Ha: Charlotte FOP Jumps in VCU Degree Flap
This is too funny. The Charlotte Fraternal Order of Police has decided that it wants the city of Charlotte to investigate Chief Rodney Monroe’s degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. The…