All Posts Tagged With: "hate crimes"

The Secret Hate in Hate Crimes

Contributing editor Lowell Ponte is a national radio talk show host and a columnist for David Horowitz’s FrontPageMag.com. A variety of recent laws and policies, such as university “speech codes,” have been imposed with the proclaimed goal of prohibiting “hate.” They have set forth punishments for acts and crimes motivated by hatred based on a [...]

1Feb2001 | Lowell Ponte | 4 comments | Continued

Crimes of the Mind

Melissa Suarez is a research associate for the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. The killing some months ago of Matthew Shepard has brought to the forefront of debate the idea that a federal law is needed to protect people against “hate crimes.” Proponents want the law to punish individuals [...]

1Mar1999 | Melissa Suarez | 1 comment | Continued
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