Author: Dave Blount

Homosexuals constitute a tiny fragment of the population, and in a permissive culture like ours have very little to complain about. Why is their agenda suddenly such an urgent priority for the leftists running the government and media? Because as community organizers like to say, the issue is never the issue. The “gay rights” jihad […]

Other than government employee and welfare recipient, there aren’t many occupations that can be pursued without harassment from federal officials. Not even magicians are safe. Marty Hahne, who specializes in magically producing a rabbit for the amusement of children, reports on demands made by our bureaucratic overlords: My USDA rabbit license requirement has taken another […]

Researchers tell us that seeing patriotic displays on the Fourth of July makes people less likely to be moonbats. That could be why NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants sparklers banned — even beyond the city limits: Mayor Bloomberg will urge Gov. Cuomo to veto legislation that would legalize the sale of sparklers outside New York […]

Liberal totalitarianism has reached the last extreme of self-parody in New York City, where the mom and pop owners of the British-themed Longbow Pub have been fined $2,500 for running an employment ad seeking someone with an appropriate background. [The owners’] legal problems started when they posted an advert on website Craigslist looking for new […]

Not since Krupp supplied the Nazi war machine has the ostensibly private sector worked in such close cooperation with Big Government: In Virginia, a telecommunications consultant reported, Verizon had set up a dedicated fiber-optic line running from New Jersey to Quantico, Va., home to a large military base, allowing government officials to gain access to […]

What are progressives progressing toward? Absolute control of every aspect of your existence. Close cooperation between politicians and the major corporations that bankroll them in return for relatively favorable regulations has allowed the rate of progress to increase, as seen by the collusion of Microsoft, Apple, Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, et al. in the brazenly unconstitutional […]