In light of the Oral Roberts scandal, the following exerpt from my prior law review article entitled Laying Hands on Religious Racketeers may be of interest: Continue reading “Laying Hands on Religious Racketeers”
Month: November 2007
The allegations against the family of Oral Roberts are building, including breathtaking accounts of lavish spending at the very time that Oral Roberts was begging twenty years ago for donations or he would be “called home” by God. Continue reading “Scandal Deepens for Oral Roberts University Which Appears Close to Financial Bankruptcy and Long Past Moral Bankrupcy”
Samina Malik is not likely to be a popular poet but it is unclear why she is a terrorist. Continue reading “British Convict “Lyrical Terrorist” — Muslim Who Merely Wrote About Beheadings”
In a vote of 53-40, Michael Mukasey was confirmed with the help of democratic senators Schumer and Feinstein. Continue reading “Fifty-Three Senators — Including Schumer and Feinstein — Confirm Both Mukasey and Their Unwillingness to Confront Torture”
Given the recent shock expressed by members of Congress over the very notion of Executive Branch officials accepting free trips, this past column may be enlightening. Continue reading “Congressional Free Trips: Educating Members at the Hands of Lobbyists”
There are times when the hypocrisy in Congress rises to a level that being the most hardened beltway bandit winces. That moment came this week when members of congress expressed outrage and shock Consumer Product Safety Commission chief Nancy Nord haad accepted free trips from companies. Continue reading “Lawmakers Condemn Free Corporate-Supplied Trips of Bush Administration Officers — While Ignoring Their Own Past Practices”
Charles Friedgood, New York’s oldest prisoner at n 89-year-old has been granted parole. Continue reading “New York’s Oldest Inmate Charles Friedgood Granted Parole at 89”
There are 15,000 people trying to get off the government’s growing terror watch list, but facing bureaucratic delay and indecision. Continue reading “15,000 Seeking to Get Off Terror Watch List of Over 200,000”
Jose Antonio Mosqueda, 18, was sentenced to just 270 days in jail (with credit for 156 days already served and for good conduct) after he admitted to taking a pet tortoise from an autistic boy, slashing its legs and neck, stabbing it through the shell, and throwing it against a wall. Continue reading “Boy Who Brutally Tortured a Tortoise Gets Only 270 days”
Each year, the faithful celebrate Christmas with a slew of lawsuits seeking to put religious symbols in public places. Continue reading “Seasonal Christmas Fights Start Early”
It is called a Roe v. Wade for Men claim: when men demand the right to refuse to procreate or, if denied that right, the responsibility to pay child support. Continue reading “Court Rejects Roe v. Wade for Men Claim”
In two different school district, children have been punished for hugging or holding hands against school rules. Continue reading “Educators Battle Affection: Punish Acts of Hugging Among Students”
In the latest story of alleged taser abuse, the Chicago police tasered an 82-year-old woman — an act that could have easily resulted in a heart attack. For the full story, click here
A effort by Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s, D-Ohio, effort to bring up a debate on impeaching Vice President Dick Cheney was sent back to Committee to die by democrats. Continue reading “Cheney Impeachment Tabled”
A recent poll shows that 68 percent of Americans know that waterboarding is torture and roughly 60 percent oppose it used against terrorists. Continue reading “Roughly Seventy Percent of Americans Know What Mukasey Does Not: Waterboarding is Torture”