Year: 2015

Humans need rules. Rules make life more predictable. But when the rules multiply, the world needs some rule-breakers. The creator of the underground website Silk Road, Ross Ulbricht, was sentenced to life in prison for creating an online space that allowed people to use bitcoins to buy and sell things. Some used Silk Road (named […]

Last week’s column highlighted college campus absurdities and the ongoing attack on free speech and plain common sense. As parents gear up to fork over $20,000 to $60,000 for college tuition, they might benefit from knowing what greets their youngsters. Deceitful college officials, who visit high schools to recruit students and talk to parents, conceal […]

Over the weekend, the hagiographic film “Straight Outta Compton” pulled in $60 million at the box office. The film follows the trials and travails — but not the woman-beating, gay-bashing, violence-promoting activities — of NWA, the iconic rage hip-hop group made most famous by their anthem, “F— Tha Police.” The theme of the film, according […]

In the wake of the Iranian nuclear agreement, Gen. Mohammad Reza Naghdi, a commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, expressed concern that the United States would try to impose Western culture in his country. “We thought that they would bring Boeing technology,” Naghdi said, “but they want to bring McDonald’s.” Iran attempted to reverse-engineer a downed […]

America’s homeless are lawyering up to fight for a “right” to live on the street. Your neighborhood and personal safety be damned. From Fort Lauderdale to Denver to Los Angeles, cities are struggling with a surge in people living in cardboard boxes and doorways. Local lawmakers are trying to ban “camping out” in public spaces, […]

Here in my adopted home state of Colorado, orange is the new Animas River thanks to the blithering idiots working under President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency. It’s just the latest man-caused disaster from an out-of-control bureaucracy whose primary mission is not the Earth’s preservation, but self-preservation. As always, the government cover-up compounds the crime — […]