The Abolitionist Movement: Professor Argues for “Care and Accountability Circles” as an Alternative to Prisons

The prison abolitionist movement has been gaining steam across the country with the rise of radical left candidates such as…

The Abolitionist Movement: Professor Argues for “Care and Accountability Circles” as an Alternative to Prisons

Mohamed Atta—The Evil Ringleader of the 9/11 Attacks

Before I get into the story of Mohamed Atta, there is something I need to get off my chest. It appears that in the last few years, there has been a gradual downgrading of acts of terrorism. Terrorists are no longer called terrorists but militants. There are two definitions of a militant:1, Engaged in warfare […]

Mohamed Atta—The Evil Ringleader of the 9/11 Attacks

George W. Bush’s bullhorn speech still echoes, ‘I can hear you! The rest…

Yolande Knell and a Hamas Security Chief Prove the BBC Needs a New Rule

This week Israeli security forces announced the capture of Mu’in al Arabid, reported to be a senior Hamas internal security and intelligence chief, identified… The post Yolande Knell and a Hamas Security Chief Prove the BBC Needs a New Rule appeared first on CAMERA UK.

Yolande Knell and a Hamas Security Chief Prove the BBC Needs a New Rule

Not manifestly unjust

The Herald reports: A woman who murdered her two children, stuffed their bodies into suitcases and abandoned them in a storage unit has had seven years taken off the time she must spend behind bars. Hakyung Lee is still subject to a life sentence, but her minimum non-parole period has been cut from 17 years…

Not manifestly unjust

UK advice for asylum seekers

The UK Government has published a guide for asylum seekers who are living in the UK while awaiting a decision. A summary of the booklet is: You should not rape women. You should not try to have sex with someone who is asleep, drunk, or unable to consent clearly. You should not have sex with children.…

UK advice for asylum seekers

Why Pakistani Politicians End Up in Jail

Pakistan has a remarkable political history. Prime ministers and presidents do not merely lose elections or retire from public life. They have repeatedly been arrested, imprisoned, disqualified from office, forced into exile or, in the most extreme case, executed. The temptation is to conclude that Pakistani politicians must simply be unusually corrupt. Corruption is certainly […]

Why Pakistani Politicians End Up in Jail

Big differences

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Abdul El-Sayed and the Piker Problem

There was a curious moment this week when Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed expressed shock that people were asking him…

Abdul El-Sayed and the Piker Problem

Lord Mountbatten: The Assassination That Shook Britain and Ireland

On the morning of 27 August 1979, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, a member of the British royal family and one of the most prominent figures of the twentieth century, was assassinated by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). The bombing, carried out while Mountbatten was aboard his fishing […]

Lord Mountbatten: The Assassination That Shook Britain and Ireland

Assassination Sing-a-Long: Hasan Piker Mocks the Murdered Charlie Kirk to Cheering Crowd

We have seen protesters on the left around the country mocking the assassination of Charlie Kirk, even reenacting his murder.…

Assassination Sing-a-Long: Hasan Piker Mocks the Murdered Charlie Kirk to Cheering Crowd

“The Cascade of Dysfunction That Helped Doom Jason Arday”

An excellent piece today by Jesse Singal in The Dispatch; the whole thing is worth reading, but here are some… The post “The Cascade of Dysfunction That Helped Doom Jason Arday” appeared first on Reason.com.

“The Cascade of Dysfunction That Helped Doom Jason Arday”

Opportunity Party on when you’re a child

The Opportunity Party policy is or was that any criminal offender aged under 25 should be sent to the Youth Court for a family group conference, rather than go to an adult court. They say this is because 24 year old brains are not fully developed, so they should not be held fully accountable for…

Opportunity Party on when you’re a child

The Omagh Bombing

The Omagh bombing, which took place on August 15, 1998, stands as the deadliest single atrocity of the decades-long sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland known as the Troubles. Just four months after the historic signing of the Good Friday Agreement, a car bomb exploded in the busy centre of Omagh, County Tyrone, in an attack […]

The Omagh Bombing

The Schutzstaffel (SS): The Engine of the Nazi State

The Schutzstaffel (SS): The Engine of the Nazi State The Schutzstaffel, commonly referred to as the SS, played a pivotal role in the rise and implementation of the Nazi regime in Germany between 1925 and 1945. Originally formed as a paramilitary bodyguard unit for Adolf Hitler, the SS evolved into a multifaceted organization responsible for […]

The Schutzstaffel (SS): The Engine of the Nazi State

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