Bob McCarty Writes

Though it took place in the suburban St. Louis hamlet of Dardenne Prairie not far from where I live, I never imagined the devastating impact 13-year-old Megan Meier’s death Oct. 17, 2006, might have on my career as a blogger.  In short, I feel like it might “cyber-bully” me out of existence.
If, God forbid, House [...]

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In a post almost two years ago, I wrote about H.R. 1592, a piece of freedom-threatening hate-crimes legislation that was quietly making its way through Congress.  Fortunately, after it passed the House, the Senate version of the bill (S. 1105) failed.  Unfortunately, however, the legislation is back as H.R. 1913, the “Local Law Enforcement Hate [...]

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Freedom of the press is likely to suffer under the administration of Barack Obama.  How do I know this?  A look back at issues and events that arose during the 2008 presidential campaign reveals as much.
Two weeks prior to the Nov. 4 election, Obama running mate Joe Biden faced tough questions from interviewers at local [...]

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The St. Louis C of CC Blog shared news about citizens in St. Louis allegedly being threatened by pro-Barack Obama prosecutors for exercising their First Amendment rights.
I didn’t see the newscast in question, but the blog post in question describes it this way:
KMOV Channel 4’s TV newscast last night at 10 PM had a story, [...]

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The Bill of Rights has lasted 78,892 days, 11,270 weeks, 1,893,408 hours, 113,604,480 minutes or 6,816,268,800 seconds. In case you’ve never found the time to read them in full, I encourage you to do so today on this, the 216th anniversary of the ratification of the first ten amendments of the [...]

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