Author: Steven D

Marine Sgt. Shamar Thomas exercises his first amendment right to tell the NYPD to stop beating unarmed people who are exercising their first amendment rights:

Naturally, I discovered this story in the foreign press, in this case The Guardian under the headline: The grim reality of life under Alabama’s brutal immigration law: The day after the new law was upheld, [Isobel] Gomez...

Bear with me: this is a long diary, but I think it’s worth the trouble to read it. If you would prefer to avoid all the nitty-gritty details, just skip to my last few paragraphs (below the fold) for my righteous rant,...

From Democracy Watchdog Action Network a photo of the Boston Police Department using excessive force to intimidate non-violent protestors in last night’s raid in which 141 Occupy Boston protestors were arrested: If the man...

Not much to add to this, except to say, this young woman has my admiration: By the way, my family has no dental and a crappy high deductible health insurance plan. Over the past 2 years we have averaged out of pocket medical...