There is an interesting trial starting next week in Erie, Pennsylvania where a judge has denied motions to dismiss a claim that a 12-year-old girl, Dominica Juliano, was burned and given psychological problems after a convenience store clerk aimed a hand-held price scanner at her face.
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The Boy Scouts lost a major case in Portland, Oregon with jurors awarding $1.4 million after finding Tuesday that the organization was negligent in allowing a Scout leader who was a sex offender after a three week trial.
Those small town values can add up. After quitting her job as Alaska Governor before the end of her term, Sarah Palin has raked in an estimated $12 million since July. Between speaking fees and her new reality show, Palin is becoming one of the wealthiest political figures in the country. In the meantime, questions are being raised about one organization that paid a speaking fee for Palin in California.
Continue reading “The Maverick Makes Millions: Palin Makes More Than $12 Million Since July”
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is reportedly demanding the firing of Bergen County teachers union head Joe Coppola for a joke.
Continue reading “Humor Impaired? Gov. Christie Demands Firing of Teacher Union Head Over Joke”
The Islamic extremists controlling much of Somali have banned music and jingles from radio stations as an offense to Islam. The replacement for jingles? Recordings of gunfire.
Continue reading “The Day The Music Died: Islamists Ban Music on Somali Radio Stations — Replace Music with Sound of Gun Fire”
This is the picture Smoking Gun released of Aaron Ashley, 27, who was arrested after police raided his pet store and found animals frozen alive in his cooler as well as other disgusting discoveries in West Virginia.
Continue reading “Meet Aaron Ashley: Your Pet’s Alleged Worst Nightmare”
A new video appears to support brutality claims against three Prince George’s County police officers shown beating of a Maryland student after the Maryland-Duke basketball game.
Continue reading “Video Shows Maryland Police Beating Student After Maryland-Duke Basketball Game”
White House officials appear to leaking a couple more names as trial balloons for the Supreme Court, including former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears and federal appeals court judge Sidney Thomas of Montana. I will be discussing the current crop of possible nominees on MSNBC Hardball, withstanding more pressing news events.
Continue reading “New Names Emerge On Lengthening “Short List””
Dawn Johnsen, the president’s nominated head for the Office of Legal Counsel, has withdrawn after more than a year of delayed action on her confirmation.
Continue reading “Vanishing Dawn: Nominee for OLC Withdrawals”
We recently saw another case of abuse of a child bride in the Middle East when Elham Assi, 13, bled to death in Yemen shortly after her arranged marriage. The girl’s mother, Nijma Ahmed, 50, says that when the girl refused her husband, he tied her up and raped her.
Continue reading “Mother: Yemeni Child Bride Bound and Raped By Husband Before Bleeding To Death”
The Connecticut Catholic bishops have issued a dire warning to the faithful that a proposal to lift the statute of limitations for victims of Church abuse to sue would threaten their very religion, putting “all Church institutions, including your parish, at risk,” .
Michael McLachlan, 34, in Summerfield, Florida has a curious defense to child molestation: the five-year-old girl was the “aggressor.”
Continue reading “Accused Child Molester: Five-Year-Old Girl Was The “Aggressor””
We previously discussed the Westboro ruling imposing costs on the family of a dead soldier. Here is my column from today on that case and the proposal for legislative reform.
Continue reading “Westboro and The Need For Congressional Action to Preserve Our Open Courts”
Perhaps there is hope for Republicans and Democrats after all . . .
Bruce K. Waltke is considered one of the country’s best known evangelical theologians. His work on the faculty of the Reformed Theological Seminary, however, came to an end when he dared to acknowledge the scientific basis for evolution.
Continue reading “Unnatural Selection: Leading Evangelical Theologian Canned After Acknowledging The Scientific Basis for Evolution”