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Levelland I.S.D. approves concealed carry on campus By Alex Zielinski - email LEVELLAND, TX (KCBD) - Levelland ISD is joining the list of campuses in Texas allowing teachers to carry on campus. Last Thursday the school board voted to hire two additional police resource officers and allow teachers with their concealed handgun license to carry on campus. The district says the process to hire additional resource officers will begin immediately and Superintendent Kelly Baggett says there are still some issues that need to be ironed out. "Right after school gets out, I need to know how many teachers are planning...

Washington can act with breathtaking urgency when the right people want something done. In this case, the people are Wall Street's titans, who are scared witless at the prospect of their historic implosion. Congress quickly agreed to enact a gargantuan bailout, with more to come, to calm the anxieties and halt the deflation of Wall Street giants. Put aside partisan bickering, no time for hearings, no need to think through the deeper implications. We haven't seen "bipartisan cooperation" like this since Washington decided to invade Iraq. In their haste to do anything the financial guys seem to want, Congress and...

The Power of Political Misinformation By Shankar Vedantam Monday, September 15, 2008; A06 Have you seen the photo of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin brandishing a rifle while wearing a U.S. flag bikini? Have you read the e-mail saying Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama was sworn into the U.S. Senate with his hand placed on the Koran? Both are fabricated -- and are among the hottest pieces of misinformation in circulation. As the presidential campaign heats up, intense efforts are underway to debunk rumors and misinformation. Nearly all these efforts rest on the assumption that good information is the...

LONDON — There is Europe and there is “Europe,” the fantasy kingdom wished into being by North American ideologues to turn their silly ideas into action movies. Once upon a time, this pretend continent was the left's dollhouse, a land where high government spending supposedly led to all manner of social good – so long as you avoided noting that Germany has fewer child-care spaces than the U.S., France has the lowest rate of unionization in the West, Italy's hospitals are filthy and ill-run and most of the continent's spending goes to the already well-off.

10/16/07 Rear End Collisions Increase at Red Light Camera Intersections After three months with red light cameras, the City of Lubbock issued its first progress report Tuesday. Lubbock accidents are down 5.5 percent overall, but accidents at photo enforced intersections increased dramatically. Crashes between July and September 2006 totaled 93. Between July and September of 2007, accidents were up to 140. Crashes due to red light runners are down, from 22 to 21. However, rear end collisions over that same three month period nearly doubled, from 42 to 80. For critics of the red light cameras, rear end collisions were...

8/17/07 Lubbock Police Investigate Murder at Local Gun Shop A Lubbock gun shop is closed temporarily, following a fatal dispute between co-workers. Ricky Lee Parrish, 48, is now charged with the murder of Wayne Knox, 66. Both men were employees of Fred's Gun Emporium in the 3000 block of Slide Road. NewsChannel 11 has learned that Knox lived in Wolfforth, and Parrish is a Shallowater resident. Police tell us that Parrish was conducting a concealed handgun class at the time of the incident. Witnesses told police that the two men were fighting around 5:45 p.m. Thursday, when Parrish allegedly stabbed...

Ordinary Iraqis use blogs to speak to the world directly While reconstruction in Iraq remains fraught with violence and political infighting, the country is experiencing a surge in popularity of online diaries, or weblogs. Written by ordinary Iraqis keen to tell the world about life in the troubled country, the sites are also attracting the attention of a global audience keen to learn about the lives of local civilians. One such blog is Iraq The Model, an online diary focusing mainly on politics and reform which is written and run by three Baghdad-based brothers - Mohammed, Omar and Ali. Ali,...

Tulia suit settled for $5 million Drug bust defendants hail step toward justice BY GREG CUNNINGHAM MORRIS NEWS SERVICE AMARILLO — The road spanned five years and countless miles, but the 46 people arrested in the controversial 1999 Tulia drug sting took a major step Thursday toward the end of their journey. The news that the city of Amarillo would settle with the Tulia defendants for $5 million and the dissolution of the task force that conducted the sting was met with a combination of joy and introspection by people finally nearing their objective — justice. "I'm feeling great," said...

Who knows what will be next!! ( A scene at City Hall in San Francisco ) "Next." "Good morning. We want to apply for a marriage license." "Names?" "Tim and Jim Jones." "Jones? Are you related? I see a resemblance." "Yes, we're brothers." "Brothers? You can't get married." "Why not? Aren't you giving marriage licenses to same gender couples?" "Yes, thousands. But we haven't had any siblings. That's incest!" "Incest?" No, we are not gay." "Not gay? Then why do you want to get married?" "For the financial benefits, of course. And we do love each other. Besides, we don't...

SMART GUNS/FOOLISH LEGISLATORS: FINDING THE RIGHT PUBLIC SAFETY LAWS, AND AVOIDING THE WRONG ONES Cynthia Leonardatos [FNa1] Paul H. Blackman [FNaa1] David B. Kopel [FNaaa1] 34 Conn. L. Rev. 157 Copyright © 2001 by Connecticut Law Review; Cynthia Leonardatos, Paul H. Blackman, David B. Kopel Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Child Proofing Guns: Locks and Gun Storage Requirements     A. Types of Locking and Storage Devices1. Trigger Locks2. Cable Locks3. Internally Installed Combination Locks4. Hammer Locking Devices5. Magazine Disconnects6. Gun Lock Boxes and Gun SafesB. Policy Issues1. Resistant to Small Children, But not "Childproof 2. Interference with Self-DefenseC....

The news from the schoolhouse is running from bad to worse. First the bad news: American high school students trail teenagers from 14 European and Asian countries in reading, math and science. We're even trailing France. It gets worse: The collapse of standards has plunged many of our public schools further into depths of "know-nothingness." And it's not a matter of money. On average, the high school student in the United States ranks 14th, behind Britain, France, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, South Korea and Japan, among other nations, according to "Education at a Glance 2003," a report compiled for the...

Simple metal propulsion. It's what makes bullets fly out of guns with such severe force. It also ushered in the era of modern warfare by allowing strangers to kill other strangers with heretofore-unknown efficiency. Simple metal propulsion was the common denominator in the sniper attacks, the Columbine massacre and the recent Wichita massacre, where Reginald and Jonathan Carr kidnapped five people, pulled off onto an abandoned soccer field and then shot each of them in the back of the head. Indeed, simple metal propulsion can be a horrifying proposition. So it is easy to understand why some oppose the concept...

Sunday, October 27, 2002 </MCC DATE> Last modified at 1:02 a.m. on Sunday, October 27, 2002© 2002 - The Lubbock Avalanche-JournalGet an AJ: Subscribe | </MCC PHOTO>   Chase Marberry, 14, from left, watches as Reegan May, 14, adjusts their remote-controlled robot, The Gladiator. The students from the South Plains Christian Home Educators Association won a spot at the national championships, which will be held in November at College Station. </MCC CAPTION> </MCC CREDIT> Local teams to advance in competition Competition turns students on to engineering BY KERRY DRENNAN AVALANCHE-JOURNAL "The Beast" pulled it off, much to the delight...

My 11 year old son told us his health teacher brought a display case filled with "illegal drugs" to show the class. It contained marijuana, crack cocaine, poppy seeds, paraphenalia, and regular tobacco. They were supposed to be studying the ill health effects of taking drugs. Up until this school event, my 11 year old son was quite naive about illegal drugs. He knew there was some really bad stuff, he knew if anyone ever tried to get him to take any, it would be really bad for him. He had a "healthy fear" of the unknown I would say....

C O N T E N T S About UsWho we are and why What's New   LinksSupported Products and Organizations Release Date:  04/01/02 Motorcycle Safety and Child Protection Act The Motorcycle Safely Foundation is pleased to announce that Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has agreed to be the principal author of the Motorcycle Safety and Child Protection Act of 2002. The bill will be introduced during the first week of April and will contain MSF's full 10-point plan for improving motorcycle safety:Read the letter that convinced Ms. Boxer to step in and help us. A Champion of Safe Motorcycling...

My 4th grade son came home today with a homework assignment called "Interview a Smoker". It is a questionnaire for interviewing a smoker. He told me he has to interview some smoker he knows and ask them the questions on the questionnaire, and record their answers. The questions: 1) Do you currently smoke? 2) How long did you / have you smoked cigarettes? 3) Have you ever tried to quit? 4) If you are not currently smoking, do you still have the desire to smoke? 5) If you are currently smoking, how many cigarettes do you smoke per day? 6)...

The cases unfolded - and unraveled - one by one: drug bust after drug bust in which investigators later found little or no drugs in the evidence that was seized. The FBI is examining the role of Dallas police and prosecutors in about 70 drug cases - involving more than 40 defendents - dismissed in recent months after lab tests revealed fake drugs or tiny amounts of the real thing mixed with large amounts of gypsum. Whether it's a case of corruption or a massive system failure remains to be seen. But the botched cases have spilled over into the...

Anatomy Of The Cover-Up Of A Cover-Up The Untold Story Of The Lubbock SWAT Killing Parts One, Two And Three A Series By R.G. Griffing, SAL Staff Copyright 2001 San Antonio Lightning Part One: &quot;The First Cover-Up&quot; &quot;I drove to the L.P.D. and waited to right (sic) my report.&quot; These are the last words of the official report written by Lubbock SWAT Officer Tracy Taylor, after he inadvertently shot and killed his team leader, Sgt. Kevin Cox, in a confused and deadly confrontation that left one cop dead, another wounded, and an innocent citizen hit twice with police bullets. ...

So far, police say they've taken 13 firearms from Richard Robinson's home. The medical examiner has determined Sergeant Kevin Cox died from a bullet fired from a high velocity rifle. Two of them were found in Robinson's home. At the Lubbock County Courthouse is where 47 year-old Richard Robinson was arraigned on capital murder charges. Robinson was escorted into court by Sheriff's deputies just after 5:00 Wednesday afternoon. He was released from the hospital that morning where he was being treated for a gun-shot wound to the side of the abdomen. After he was charged for allegedly killing Sergeant Cox, ...

I recall reading an article, either here of FR or pointed to by a link from someone posting on FR, about a fictional short story where a popular movement of throwing rocks at windows of government offices, politicians residences, and such. It was a story about a non-violent protest (well nobody was hurt, but a few windows got broken) of everyday people, that spread across the nation, and caused significant impact in restoring liberty. Does anyone here know where this story is?