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The downward spiral that former Democratic US Congressman Anthony D. Weiner has been descending on over the years finally reached a threshold, which will inevitably lead him to a prison cell. This pas...

The Army National Guard is made up of citizen-soldiers who train part time and close to home, preparing for when they'll be needed. "Weekend warrior" can be a derogative term, but there is nothing fun...

Serial killers are some of the most studied people in jails. They hold a strangely macabre fascination for many of us who just can't comprehend how someone could torture and murder an innocent victim....

Recently inflatable leather handbag Donald Trump used his presidential pardon to save the erstwhile sheriff of Maricopa county in Arizona. Joe Arpaio (known to Trump's denizens as "Sheriff Joe" like s...

Dear Donald, You remind me of the cult leaders I used to work for and I must credit you with at least one thing--you are an expert at exploiting the fear of being wrong. It's brilliantly evil. You are...

After the firing on Fort Sumter, Abraham Lincoln's first goal was to put pressure on the Confederacy to return to the Union. In an attempt to exert economic stress on the Confederacy, President Lincol...