As interviewed by The Talking Dog: Darrel Vandeveld is an attorney and former military officer, who, in civilian life is a prosecuting attorney in Erie, PA. In the military, he attained the rank of Lt. Col. in the Army Reserve, serving, among other places, in Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa, as...

February 13, 2009 Judges Plead Guilty in Scheme to Jail Youths for Profit By IAN URBINA and SEAN D. HAMILL At worst, Hillary Transue thought she might get a stern lecture when she appeared before a judge for building a spoof MySpace page mocking the assistant principal at her high school in Wilkes-B...

Troops won’t get Purple Heart for stress disorder Medal will not be given solely for diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder Eleven percent of Iraq veterans, 20 percent of Afghanistan veterans may have PTSD PTSD “not a wound intentionally caused by the enemy,� awards panel decided Decision...

That was good for the country. Nothing comes to mind. We can’t recall. Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales — under whose tenure the Justice Department often appeared to take its orders from the White House political office — sat down with the Wall Street Journal in an effort t...

The Funny Farm News Burro has uncovered some secretly recorded footage from the recent Senate sesstion, where a minority of Senators, enabled by Republican’t enabling Seate leader Harry Reid ( D - only Democratic politicians have to actually filibuster), decided to destroy the economy of the a...

The rampant use of chemical additives in animal feed can be traced to 1999. According to Gao Yinxiang, the research and development of high-protein feed additives was a hot field among scientists about 10 years ago due to shortage of animal fodder in the country at the time. From that time, it’...

Look, on 9-11, we were all scared. Not many Americans knew much about this deadly enemy. Our leaders, though, already knew more, right from the outset. In the first year after, every potential day of Americans gathering seemed a ripe opportunity for the second attack: Veteran’s Day. Post-Thank...

Jessica in London wrote a comment to this post. As with Doug, I’m going to respond in a post. Blogger Jessica said… Why does everyone insist on concentrating on Blackwater in this discussion? It’s one company. ONE company. The industry, and all that’s good and noble about it ...

And Big Brother is stealing it, along with your democracy, your Constitution and your family. We already know the president any president - can declare you a terrorist and have you imprisoned for extended periods of time while suspending your rights. That precedent has been set already. Recent Supre...

Bush at Center of Intelligence Leak (The Intelligence Daily) – Attorneys and current and former White House officials close to the investigation into the leak of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson said Thursday that President Bush gave Vice President Dick Cheney the authorization in mid...