The Court may be decide whether to accept a potentially historic second amendment case. Continue reading “Supreme Court May Decide Whether to Take Second Amendment Parker Case This Week”
A top intelligence official says it is time people in the United States changed their definition of privacy. Continue reading “Bush Intel Official Says that People Must Forget About Former Privacy Expectations”
The United States ranks near the bottom of industrialized nations in infant deaths with roughly seven babies died for every 1,000 live births dying before their first birthday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. Continue reading “U.S. Ranks as One of Worst Industrialized Nations in Infant Deaths”
The South Dakota Supreme Court has overturned the indecent exposure conviction of a man who was caught having relations with a mannequin in the Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science in Sioux Falls. Continue reading “South Dakota Supreme Court Overturns Man-Mannequin Indecency Conviction”
In China, shoppers trampled three people to death and injured at least 31 in the rush to by discounted rapeseed oil. Continue reading “Bargain Shoppers Kill 3 and Injure Dozens”
A Portsmouth, N.H. mother has been charged with child endangerment after allowing her 15-year-old take her SUV on a joy ride. Continue reading “Mother Charged After Underage Son Crashes SUV”
Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue has decided to take action on the Southeaster drought: he will lead a mass prayer for rain. Continue reading “Georgia Governor Takes Action on Drought: Organizes Mass Prayer for Rain”
After the great controversy over the faked FEMA presser, one would think that no one would take the lesson that planted questions are a useful thing for public officials. However, the Clinton campaign has admitted that it did plant at least one question in Iowa about global warming. Continue reading “Learning from FEMA? Clinton Campaign Uses Plant at Event”
Environmentalists have long complained that ships cause serious environmental damage with diesel fuel that has over 2000 times the sulfur content of car diesel. Now, a U.S. study estimates that as many as 60,000 people die each year from the pollution, particularly in coastal areas. Continue reading “Ship Smoke Kills 60,000 People a Year, Study Finds”
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”
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”