Aggressive prosecution #2: Internet activist driven to suicide.

The Wall Street Journal delves into the prosecution of Aaron Swartz: Mr. Swartz's lawyer, Elliot Peters, first discussed a possible plea...

The Clinton clot plot thickens... or thins... with anti-coagulants.

So we were just talking about the oddities of the Clinton clot story. We noted that no sooner was it said that Hillary Clinton would testif...

"Are gun owners now going to be stigmatized like sex offenders?"

Asks TalkLeft. I think it's an attempt at intimidation. I wonder if any of those whose addresses were published are immediate family mem...

"At News Conference, Reporters Skip Past Gun Control and Face Instant Criticism."

The reporters wanted to get back to the fiscal cliff. Is it "unbelievable" and "shameful" that the press corps wanted to...

AFL-CIO organization sends insultingly infantilizing "report card."

Look. They expect us to identify with these "cute" children: ( Enlarge .) We're not children. We don't like to be spoken t...

"Self-reliance — the new edgy lifestyle for the trendsetters among America’s youth?"

Glenn Reynolds asks in a NY Post column. In today’s culture of immediate reward, a work ethic centering on self-discipline and the ability t...

Why are you so selfish?

If you're on the left, you're sensitive about that aren't you? Well, then... Got a birthday, anniversary, or wedding coming up? ...

Top 5 Wisconsin Protests That In Retrospect Sound Like Pro-Walker Protests Against the Protests.

5. "Shame!" 4. "Recall Walker." (Yes, we recall him very well... and like him.) 3. "What's Disgusting? 2. ...

The "inescapable shame of being a storyteller."

An enactment of shame, by Jonathan Franzen: Via David Haglund , who proceeds to further shame Franzen.

Should students who party on Cinco de Mayo be shamed for their ethnic insensitivity?

That's what's going on here in Madison. “It was a good opportunity,” said [a UW-Madison student who designed a Cinco de Mifflin T-sh...

Once mothers — labeled "refrigerator mothers" — were blamed for autism in their children.

It seems so cruel and retrograde now, but: In the absence of any biomedical explanation for what causes autism after the telltale symptoms w...

One year ago at the Wisconsin protests: "Shame, shame, shame... Where is the shame?"

"Is it in wearing a gray hoodie under a tailored blazer, a little black derby hat, and a smelled-a-fart expression while carrying a pre...

Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, D-Madison, proposed the requirement that "a state legislator... be in the room to act as the official 'state shamer.'"

It's Wisconsin, where the legislature is one big theatrical stage: [A new bill] requires physicians, under the threat of a felony charge...

"The political reaction to 'slut' was opportunistic, of course, but it worked with a lot of women..."

"... because — apparently, even in this age of sexual liberation and 'slut pride' — women are still somehow deeply affected by ...

"Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy."

An H.L. Mencken quote from 1916 . Now, here 's something Rush Limbaugh said yesterday. He was talking about Sandra Fluke, "a studen...

"To those Christians who have venomously and vomitously cursed the Court family..."

"... and threatened bodily harm and assassination: In His name, I forgive you.... To those in the executive and legislative branches of...

A brief history of "Shame" signs on Madison's Capitol Square.

This year, we've seen lots of anti-Scott Walker protesters carrying signs that feature the word "Shame." (We've also heard...

"Is it just me, or are the 9/11 commemorations oddly subdued?"

Asks Paul Krugman. Is it odd to be subdued? Having observed that we are subdued and that it is odd, Krugman applies the label: shame . We a...

The schoolgirls have "meltdowns" when mom packs the lunch in ziploc bags.

Because the girls "don't want to be shamed" at school. Because enviromentalism is the religion taught in public schools, and i...

"Where does David Prosser go to get his reputation back?"

Asks David Blaska. There are some people who need to apologize to Mr. Justice David Prosser now that he has been cleared and soon. They took...