Senator Harry Reid says the Justice Department should review George Zimmerman’s case following his acquittal in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.  But not once did he ever call for calm from protesters and rioters. “This isn’t over with and I think that’s good,” he said on NBC’s ‘Meet the Press.’ Whadda ass-hat.

Back in 1988 I started studying criminal profiling as I looked to pursue a career as a true crime writer. One of the cases I delved into was that of seven-year-old Monica DaSilva, who disappeared from her bedroom in October 1990. Initially, Reno police believed that the parents did something to her. Three weeks later,…

Daisy Marilyn (Smith) Wildgrube died May 25, 2013.  She was my Uncle, Adam Smith’s, sister. Daisy was born on December 11, 1935 in Fortuna, the youngest of seven children of Harry and Iva Smith from the Dyerville area. Daisy was laid at the Fortuna Sunrise Cemetery. She went to elementary school in Rohnerville and graduated from Fortuna High…

“Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth,” writes Richard Whately. Often times, I feel exactly this way as I sit down to write a message to you. It’s not that I doubt what I write; rather, it’s that I doubt you agree with…

There are two headlines showing an attack on our religious freedom is underway. This isn’t about any one faith, rather  it’s about our civil liberty. • “TSA Allowing Muslim Passengers to Carry Prayer Beads and Whisper Prayers on Flights.” • “College Employee Asks Student to Remove Cross Necklace at Sonoma State University.” They have this in common: How…

Henderson, Nevada police arrested a family for refusing to let them use their home during an investigation into their neighbors in 2011. Now, Anthony Mitchell and his parents Michael and Linda Mitchell are suing the Henderson, its Police Chief, six of its officers and North Las Vegas and its Police Chief in Federal Court. Although plaintiff Anthony Mitchell was…

The bear statues at each end of the Klamath River Bridge on U.S. 101 in Del Norte County were cast to replace the original ones that formerly stood at the ends of the G. H. Douglas Memorial Bridge, which washed out during the December 1964 flood. These statues represent the grizzly bear, California’s official state animal. The contract specification…

BOSTON — National Guard units seeking to confiscate a cache of recently banned assault weapons were ambushed on April 19 by elements of a Para-military extremist faction. Military and law enforcement sources estimate that 72 were killed and more than 200 injured before government forces were compelled to withdraw. Speaking after the clash, Massachusetts Governor Thomas Gage…

Spike Milligan is quoted as saying, “Money can’t buy you friends, but you do get a better class of enemy.” This was before cyberspace, hard drives and Facebook. We now know it costs $630,000 – at least that’s what the U.S. Inspector General claims. That’s what the U.S. Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP) spent on…

The best way I can describe how it felt was like a heavy, wet, statically charged blanket rushing over, falling on, in and through me. At the time it not only frightened me, it left me instantly sick to my stomach and depressed. After searching the Internet and asking a few locals about what they…