Originally, I read this article looking for a church-state separation angle, and the fact that it happened in my collegiate stomping grounds, Santa Barbara, was another interesting side to it. After all, how do you convince a kid who already… Continue Reading
Working in the legal industry often exposes me to situations where I am listening to a client convey a tale of woe and suffering, one in which everybody involved (except my interlocutor) has gone out of their way to be… Continue Reading
The thing that got me interested in the separation of church and state project was the apparent dichotomy between two Establishment Clause cases in 2005 — Van Orden v. Perry and McCreary County v. ACLU. In both cases, a display… Continue Reading
Today is the National Day of Reason. This is getting almost no publicity. Rationalism, logic, and secularism do not sell. It is also the National Day of Prayer. This gets a Presidential Proclamation. But unlike the previous Administration, that’s all… Continue Reading
Friendly Atheist has a post suggesting that you contact your Congressional representatives and urge them to oppose H. Res. 397. Well, if Congressman J. Randy Forbes can waste everybody’s time with a toothless piece of propaganda about religion, so can… Continue Reading
I gave a presentation on church-state separation Sunday. It’s gotten rave reviews. A few people close to me, I trust, would have told me that I had bombed if I really had. So I guess I can be proud of… Continue Reading
Well, I can’t say I’m super surprised. The rumors have been flying for days that Justice David Souter would retire and now it’s official. This is probably not a huge issue, actually. Souter has been fairly liberal on most things… Continue Reading
Well, he comments on a blog, anyway. It’s pure vitriol, too. Enjoy.
Back in the 1990’s, there was a kid in Minnesota who, quite obnoxiously, put together a cross from broken chair legs, and burned it on the front lawn of an African-American family in St. Paul. He was charged with violating… Continue Reading