Genarlow Wilson to be Freed
by As the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports, a uniquely stupid chapter in the story of the American legal system is drawing nearer to a close. The Georgia …
Category: Justice
Crime / Discrimination / Gay Rights / Justice / Law
Hate Crime Anyone?
by A while back in NYC there was a nasty crime. A group of white young men wanted money for drugs and decided to lure a …
Crime / Justice / Literature / Politics / Society / Stupidity / Technology
SFWA, Scribd.com and ePiracy and why its important
Over the Labor Day weekend there blew up a weird story that involved the Science Fiction Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) and the website scribd.com. For …
First Post, but something important none the less
First off, I want to thank Marc for inviting me to post as an author here at Black Shards. Marc and I have been moving …
Spring Victim’s Suicide
David Ritcheson, the young man from my former home town who was brutalized by a pair of Nazi wannabes last year, has killed himself. According …
Freedoms
A while back George Will wrote a column titled “Valuing Speech” that is apropos for Independence Day, I think, and another discussion about the relative …
Hate Crime Laws are Anti-American
The Ayn Rand Institute says that the federal hate crimes law that the House recently voted to expand should be done away with rather than …
Don "Who?" Imus, Duke, and the Race Card
Maybe I’m just a right-wing Christian square, but I’d never even heard of Don Imus before he made an ass of himself by called in …