terrorism

To be perfectly honest, I didn't really have much of an idea of what was going on in Syria until the whole Syrian Refugee debate blew up on social media.  Everyone is weighing in on whether or not we should allow refugees into the United States.  I think that it's important to understand what exactly is happening in Syria.  Knowledge is power, and without knowing what is going on, you can't make a

A Belgian diplomat and his breast-feeding wife have been left shaken and offended following an unfortunate lunch on June 8 at the Metropolis Country in White Plains, New York.

The TSA has announced that they will begin to remove all body image scanners or aka "backscatter" machines by June.  Unfortunately, they were still in operation at the Memphis airport yesterday when I flew back to Minnesota.  I can tell you from personal experience that this is an incredibly idiotic security system.  I'll get to that later.

A man drove from Long Island, New York, into Lower Manhattan earlier today in a van he thought was filled with explosives. He parked the van close to the Federal Reserve building, just a few blocks from the World Trade Center, and planned to detonate it using a cell phone from a nearby hotel. The explosives, however, were fake.

With every historical tragedy comes an array of items honoring victims of the event, and September 11 is no different. In the 10 years since the attacks, a slew of products have been created to commemorate the tragic events of the day — with some being less tactful than others. Do these goods (like a flask depicting Superman at ground zero or an engraved handgun) really honor September 11 — or do

The terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 left an indelible mark on Americans. But even as the first responders climbed through the rubble in New York, Washington, DC and Pennsylvania, the country embarked on a “War on Terror.” With that war came years of conflict in Afghanistan and Iraq, indefinite detention of terror suspects without charges or trial, enhanced interrogation techniques, extraordinary