When does a nation begin to exist? An interesting question, when you think about it. One of relevance seeing as Russia recognized the existence of the independent nations of South Ossetia and Abkhazia yesterday over the vehement objections of the… Continue Reading
I learned in law school that there are four primary reasons that we as a society prosecute crimes and punish people for violating the law — these are, in the end, the reasons for having criminal law in the first… Continue Reading
Yesterday, California’s Supreme Court issued a decision that ordered a fertility clinic to make its artificial insemination services equally available to a lesbian as it did to a straight woman. This means that the lesbian will now be able to… Continue Reading
Rick Warren, the pastor of the Saddleback Church here in southern California, scored a huge hit for himself by hosting the “faith forum” which consisted of interviews of John McCain and Barack Obama over the weekend. Both candidates seemed to… Continue Reading
In theory, Iran is under enough international economic sanctions that no one should be selling them any kind of advanced rocketry equipment. Which isn’t going to stop them from developing their own, and that’s what they’re claiming they’ve done —… Continue Reading
One of the many notions I see from time to time — one held with religious-like fanaticism by its proponents — is the concept of jury nullification. Briefly, this is the idea that a jury (not a judge) may nullify,… Continue Reading
When even local churchgoing folk complain about the local judge invoking religion in the courtroom, chances are you’ve gone too far. And that’s the reason that Covington County Circuit Judge Ashley McKathan of Andalusia, Alabama has to answer to the… Continue Reading
I’m not saying wimps can’t win Presidential elections. They have. George Bush the Elder was thought of as a wimp. And Jimmy Carter, I mean, really, have we had a bigger wimp in office since Franklin Pierce? But I can’t… Continue Reading
After the terrible earthquake this May, some officials from the government went out to the stricken areas. There, they spoke to people whose children, parents, and loved ones had been killed when the buildings they were in collapsed around them.… Continue Reading
Because without understanding how it works, we could die. From disease, from starvation, or from stupidity. Read the whole op-ed here. Then (and only then — if you won’t RTFA, your opinion doesn’t count) feel free to debate, disagree, and… Continue Reading