Paul M. Jones | Civil Rights 2026-05-08T09:12:58-05:00 The TSA as Milgram Experiment 2015-02-01T21:50:54-06:00 I have had it in mind to write up an article about the TSA as an implementation of the Milgram experiment, but it's apparently old ground already covered: https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=tsa+milgram (Posted from inside Newark Airport, at which s... Grandpa With A Gun Defends 19-Year-Old From Gang Rape 2014-11-02T17:17:02-06:00 Two of the suspects reportedly knocked on the grandfather’s door at around 10 p.m. Monday and then stormed in and demanded money when he answered. All three of the men were armed and wearing black cloths, ski masks and gloves, according to polic... Judge, prosecutor who let Ray Rice walk toss book at single mom 2014-09-11T12:52:04-05:00 A 27-year-old Philadelphia mother who says she mistakenly entered New Jersey with a handgun legally registered in her state, was not accepted into a pre-trial intervention program, unlike the former Baltimore Ravens running back who was caught on an ... Rape Culture Does Exist 2014-08-30T19:52:15-05:00 Except it's not white misogynist Christian Western men attacking college-educated Strong Independent Western women, it's Pakistani Muslim immigrants in Britain attacking children: At least 1,400 children were subjected to appalling sexual exploitati... A Preventative, Militarized Police Force Is a Threat to Free Speech 2014-08-19T14:38:57-05:00 Under what circumstances, if at all, should the capacity for force and intimidation be deployed against the public by the state? This becomes controversial when one wants to answer that the capacity should be preventative rather than responsive. Resp... Demilitarize the police – and stop flinging false racism charges 2014-08-16T13:57:23-05:00 I join my voice to those of Rand Paul and other prominent libertarians who are reacting to the violence in Ferguson, Mo. by calling for the demilitarization of the U.S.’s police. Beyond question, the local civil police in the U.S. are too heavil... Your Right to Swing Your Fist, and Pinocchio's Nose 2014-06-30T02:53:53-05:00 Your right to swing your fist ends at the other's guy's nose. But what if the other guy is Pinocchio, and his nose is growing? Your freedom is being restricted by his expanding sense of harm. Some ideas of "harm" are unreasonable. Via Dan Carlin, Co... Supreme Court bans warrantless cell phone searches 2014-06-25T16:31:59-05:00 The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that police cannot go snooping through people’s cell phones without a warrant, in a unanimous decision that amounts to a major statement in favor of privacy rights. Police agencies had argued that searching thro... Towards Reproductive Rights For Men 2014-06-01T01:49:24-05:00 The most common argument against men having reproductive rights is the old “keep it in your pants” one, which we would never accept as an argument for why women should be forced into parenthood. Having sex is not consent to parenthood for w... Federal magistrate orders arrestee to apologize and recant, as a condition of bail 2014-05-22T15:07:35-05:00 The arrestee alleges she was assaulted and beaten by a Federal agent; the magistrate, before he will let her post bail, wants her to recant her allegations as a condition of bail. This seems to me clearly unconstitutional: It’s an order compell...