Schaper's Picks for McLaughlin 2014 Year-End Awards

At the end of every year, the McLaughlin Group hosts a discussion of best and worst categories, similar to the Academy Awards, but with a focus on politics, culture, and world events.

Heroin for Addicts? Or Send Them to Northern Canada?

How would I react if I were dying of terminal cancer and none of the current painkillers could ease my agony? Or if I were suffering day after day the pain of crippling arthritis and no medication relieved my misery? And then I read that addicts were granted prescription heroin to treat their addiction. I’d be damn annoyed that this painkiller was available for addicts but not for cancer victims and others dying in pain.

My jaw dropped when I read the latest from Benedict XVI . . .

Since Benedict XVI resigned from the papacy and began his retirement in seclusion, he has said nothing publicly.

When Liberal Preferences Meet Islamic Principles

There was a recent scandal that, as much as anything else, illustrates the intellectual emptiness and moral ennui of the modern liberal man. It occurred in Britain but reflects a wider phenomenon; what can be said about it can be said about happenings in Sweden, France, Holland, Canada or Belgium--or the United States.

Video: Ferguson Protesters Invade Disney Store

Decisive action by the States is needed now. Without it, the course of human events for We, the People, looks grim

"When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of natures God entitle them..." So begins one of the greatest documents in the history of the civilized world, our Declaration of Independence. Written 238 years ago, it has become, it seems, necessary to re-examine these words and their meaning in light of the present condition and apparent future of the people of the country our ancestors founded on them.

Profiling: Sin or Survival Instinct

Profiling is a necessary God-given survival instinct.

Video: Why's It We Only Hear From Obama Only When Person Of Color?

Wars, Past, Present, and Future

No, Pearl Harbor is not ancient history. It’s part of my history and many others who were alive at the time. I was just an infant, but the Japanese sneak attack on our Hawaii naval base led to early memories of being on trains filled with young soldiers, many of whom did not live to return home.

Will State And Local Governments Shutdown The New Generation Of Small Business Owners?

If you own a house or car, should you be free to do what you want with it? If your plans for your personal property include making money, then you may find out the hard way that, no, you can't do as you wish.

America Is Run By Campus Revolutionaries

The Ontario Employment Picture: November, 2014

Overall, the Canadian labour market lost 58,400 jobs in November, more than half in Ontario. The only growth was in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Obama's Black Skin Privilege

Obama-Holder Lawlessness Undermines Rule of Law for All, Including People of Color!

Even the most ardent supporter of police and the rule of law must concede that the Eric Garner case sends an urgent message that the Grand Jury system must be reviewed and, if needed, revised to assure fair, impartial, and moral application of the law to all.

New Video Shows Mike Brown's Step-Dad Inciting A Riot [VIDEO]

SHAMELESS: Denver 'Ferguson Protesters' Cheer as Police Officers Get Hit by Car

One officer was dragged underneath the vehicle and dragged several dozen yards before he was pinned against a curb. He is currently hospitalized and in critical condition

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

This morning U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) appeared as a guest on my radio program, Ringside Politics, on WGSO 990 AM in New Orleans.

Pope Calls On World To End Islamic State Barbarism

Pope Francis has considerably upped the ante in enlisting spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians - Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I--to sign a joint Common Declaration demanding an end to international indifference regarding Islamic State barbarism being perpetrated against religious minorities in Syria and Iraq.

SAF Launches Media Campaign Against Possible Obama Arms Treaty Executive Order

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation today launched a national media campaign and petition effort to head off a possible executive order by President Barack Obama to implement the United Nations small arms treaty.

Four people stabbed on Amtrak train in Michigan

NILES, Mich. – A man wielding a knife stabbed four people aboard a passenger train Friday, including an Amtrak employee, police said.