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(VIDEO-AT-LINK)Alton Nolen, the Muslim convert who recently beheaded an innocent coworker at a Vaughan's Food factory, was charged with three felony counts this morning at a Cleveland County Courthouse in Norman, Oklahoma. Nolen faces one count of first degree murder, one count of assault and battery with a deadly weapon, and a final count of assault with a deadly weapon. At a press conference this morning, Cleveland County District Attorney Greg Mashburn said that the gruesome attack was race-related and not a religious act, but he did admit that Nolen was infatuated with beheadings, which was evident from his facebook...

With no authority to do so and with flawed factual support, the EEOC has issued an enforcement guideline that would compel employers to discriminate in favor of minority ex-cons. It's past time for Congress to rein in the EEOC and make them withdraw this directive by other name. (a) The EEOC Enforcement Guidance Procedure Over 89 million Americans are presently out of the labor force. The New York Times seems to offer a muddled explanation for the fact that employers have money to hire but aren't doing so even when they need extra help. The Federal Reserve's vision is less...

Black Panthers in Morristown? Stay tuned 06/05/2003 MORRISTOWN - The 1960s may have ended more than 30 years ago, but a distant name from that age - the Black Panthers - could be rejuvenated in Morristown. Abbett Avenue resident William Riley, claiming to be a member of the New Black Panther Party, came to last Tuesday's Town Council meeting to tell council members young people feel harassed by police when they walk around Morristown, notably in the predominantly black and Latino Second Ward. He warned council that police misconduct would be met with "maximum physical retaliation." Riley, 31, told the...