Law
Zealots persist: From ‘religious freedom’ to Kansas abortion law
“On religious issues there can be little or no compromise. There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs. There is no more powerful ally one can claim in a debate than Jesus Christ, or… Read More ›
Update: CO Death with Dignity bill dies in committee
Those supporting the proposed Death with Dignity law in Colorado will be disappointed to learn the bill failed yesterday to get out of the Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services. The Denver Post reported the bill was defeated on an 8-5 bipartisan vote…. Read More ›
Give me liberty at my death
It happened this week. A bill proposing the Colorado Death with Dignity Act was introduced in the Colorado General Assembly. I’m trying to temper my excitement. I want so much for it to pass, but I’m soured on politics and the… Read More ›
Some overdue thoughts about protest marchers
Initially I was sympathetic to the thousands of individuals who took to the streets across the country to protest the deaths of Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, and Michael Brown and the obvious shortcomings of our law enforcement and justice systems…. Read More ›
Enough! Release ‘The Interview’!
This morning the state-owned North Korean news agency said US claims that North Korea is behind the attacks on Sony are groundless slander and offered a joint investigation: “As the United States is spreading groundless allegations and slandering us, we… Read More ›
More on Washington’s torture quote
While it lacks the punch of the excerpted quote, the full text of George Washington’s charge to the Northern Expeditionary Force on September 14, 1775 was as follows: Camp at Cambridge, September 14, 1775. Sir: You are intrusted with a… Read More ›
Those who forget the past …
“Should any American soldier be so base and infamous as to injure any [prisoner] … I do most earnestly enjoin you to bring him to such severe and exemplary punishment as the enormity of the crime may require. Should it… Read More ›
Senate finally releases torture report
The Senate Intelligence Committee has released its report on the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program after 9/11, and the details are being circulated around the world. So NOW can we indict those responsible? Oops, almost forgot. We’re not doing indictments anymore… Read More ›
Are cops above the law?
It was sad but not surprising when the Ferguson, Mo., grand jury failed to indict police officer Darren Wilson for killing Michael Brown. There were conflicting witness accounts and conflicting forensic reports, and one wonders if that wasn’t precisely why an indictment and jury trial were in… Read More ›
