Bob McCarty Writes

Five days ago, a Missouri law enforcement agency’s confidential report about the so-called “Modern Militia Movement” inspired me to publish a post, Yikes, I Might Be Part of the Militia Movement! (Third Update).  Soon after, that post caught the eye of Joshua Rhett Miller, a news editor at FoxNews.com.  He interviewed me over the phone [...]

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The Supreme Court announced today that it will hear the case regarding the Mojave Desert Cross, a memorial to World War I veterans that has been declared unconstitutional by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals after standing for 75 years.  That is good news, according to a news release from Liberty Legal Institute, and a [...]

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In a May 2007 post, I highlighted a Washington Post article in which writer Peter Finn pointed out that voluntarily or involuntarily placement of individuals in isolation or quarantine might not be far away.  Today, according to report in the Global Post, the South African government is already there, battling with multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis:
Fearful of [...]

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I spotted this message-laden Ford F-350 pickup this morning on the way home from my church in suburban St. Louis.  I’m in complete agreement with the politics behind each of the messages shown — except, that is, for the two McCain stickers:

Vote Democrat, It’s Easier Than Working — Check!

Anti-ACLU Sign — Check!

Footprint of the American [...]

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Forty-five days after publishing news about Odell Stukes Jr. being suspended for refusing to remove a Barack Obama cap while on the job, the Obama Cap Flap continues.
According to a new Suburban Journals report, the St. Louis-area bus driver involved in the case has been unable to get the American Civil Liberties Union or the [...]

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