On March 3, the town board of Huntington, New York took decisive action to maintain public order by banning the sale of Silly String within 1,500 feet of a parade route. It joined several other U.S. communities in doing so….
On January 18, Kentucky State Rep. Charles Siler introduced a bill that would designate Kentucky Fried Chicken (specifically, Original Recipe) as the state’s "official picnic food." The provision itself is just one sentence, but the preamble offers some interesting details:…
Apparently believing that citizens (or at least motorists) are not sufficiently patriotic, a group of lawmakers in Thailand have proposed a new law that would require drivers to stop whenever the national anthem is played, which in Thailand happens every…
Could be because he didn’t invite any.
The city government of Kosice, the second-largest city in Slovakia, voted on Friday to take away the honorary citizenship it granted in 1947 to Josef Vissionariovich Dzhugashvili, also known as Joseph Stalin, apparently having learned a few disturbing facts about…
A few days ago I commented on another brawl that had broken out in Taiwan’s legislature, this time over the makeup of the country’s Central Election Committee, and also noted that past legislative tactics have included not just brawls but…
Apparently no legislation was eaten this time.
North Dakota’s state senators passed a bill Friday that, if it passes in the House of Representatives, would remove "unlawful cohabitation" from the state’s list of sex crimes, where it has been since the territory became a state in 1889. …
Further proof today that things are going great in Iraq—the New York Times reports that on Monday, the parliament was actually able to conduct business because, for the first time since November, enough people showed up to vote on things. …
Lawmakers from Poland’s majority party, Law and Justice, have introduced a bill that would make Jesus Christ the honorary king of Poland, but the bill appeared doomed to defeat, at least without some kind of Christmas miracle. Only 46 of…