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Another Obama corporatocracy conspiracy theory becomes fact as The Boston Globe reports shoemaker ‘New Balance’ is renewing its opposition to the far-reaching Pacific Rim trade deal, saying the Obama administration reneged on a promise to give the sneaker maker a fair shot at military business if it stopped bad-mouthing the agreement. “We swallowed the poison […]

As Tax Day (April 18th) looms, we are once again reminded of how deeply the government reaches into our pockets. However, as Bloomberg details, there is one way to reduce your income tax burden – Switch states. Federal tax rates are the same no matter where you live, but state income taxes are all over […]

Authored by Paul Craig Roberts, This is an English translation of an article that I wrote for the German magazine, Compact. I was encouraged by the high level of intelligent discourse that Compact brings to its readers. If only the US had more people capable of reaching beyond entertainment to comprehending the forces that affect […]

PDP PDP Statement After preliminary hearing on reports of various activities inimical to the progress of the party, especially flouting the provisions of article 58 (1), (b), (c), (f) and (h) of the PDP constitution, the National Working Committee (NWC) has suspended the Borno State Chairman of our great party, Alhaji Baba Basharu. The above […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday warned vandals and saboteurs blowing up oil and gas installations in Nigeria to desist immediately or face the  same drastic action being taken against Boko Haram by the Armed Forces. President Buhari was speaking at a meeting with members of the Nigerian Community in China, the Presidency said in a […]

Soldiers from the 7th Division of the Nigerian Army stand outside the Government Girls Secondary School Chibok in Borno State north-eastern Nigeria on March 25, 2016. There’s not much left of the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, northeast Nigeria, where Boko Haram kidnapped 276 teenagers in the dead of night nearly two years ago. […]

ATHENS, GREECE – 2015/05/30: Demonstrators march through Athens. A rally in the center of Athens organized from Biafrans that live in Greece to commemorate the victims of Biafra Wars or Nyerian Civil War and asking for independence of Biafra. (Photo by George Panagakis/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) The full list is reproduced below: Heads of […]

Jeffery Walker had had enough with his neighbor’s defecating dog. When the pooch pooped in Walker’s yard, he complained to his neighbor. Still the stinky trespass continued. He complained to the cops, but the feces kept piling up. Then one putrid day, Walker demanded that his neighbor come over and clean up after his canine. […]

Prosecutorial misconduct did not render a murder trial fundamentally unfair according to the Third Circuit, affirming the lower court. What kind of misconduct are we talking about? The misconduct included repeated suggestion that the defendant’s freedom would threaten the jurors’ safety, the suggestion that the defendant’s discarded firearm would endanger children, and repeated showings of […]Read More

Tragedy struck the city of St. Paul, Minnesota last week. Chase Passauer worked as a law clerk at the small criminal defense firm, North Star Criminal Defense, until he was shot dead last Thursday when a disgruntled client mistook him for his lawyer. The young clerk was considering eventually becoming a lawyer. This is a […]

In USA v. Pabon, the First Circuit helped clarify that under applicable laws, sex offenders must not violate the registration requirements of local laws of sex offenders or of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act. Defendants would do well to understand that the more egregious their criminal background is, the harder it is to […]

In March, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments over what the Affordable Care Act’s contraption mandate can require of religious employers. The case, set to be decided by the end of the term, could affect how millions of workers get access to contraception — and how religious employers get around providing it. But the case […]