Police Arrest Wrong Man, Don’t Fess Up
by Harris County Sheriffs arrested Edward Riley for no reason. Read about how police agencies are passing the buck and the blame for his arrest. Thom …
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Marc is a software developer, writer, and part-time political know-it-all who currently resides in Texas in the good ol' U.S.A.
Ex-CBS Exec Quits Augusta
The Augusta National Golf Club has suffered its first defection. Read about it on MSNBC.com. Apparently Mr. Wyman does not respect the right of private …
Affirmative Action Under Review
The U.S. Supreme Court will re-think Affirmative Action by mid-next year. Read the MSNBC.com story. My guess is that they will restrict the use of …
No More Miranda Warnings?
An appeal to the Supreme Court of an Oxnard, CA excessive force case in which a man who fought with police was shot by police …
Shuttle to Space Station
Liftoff of NASA’s fifth and final shuttle mission of the year happens Monday. Read about it on MSNBC.com. The space shuttle is cool. It’s about …
Jury Room Camera Debate
The battle described Monday over the use of cameras in the jury room of a Houston-area murder trial rages on. Reas the Houston Chronicle story. …
‘Beauty Queen’ Editor Threatened
Is it Salman Rushdie redux? A Nigerian government official today threatened the life of the newspaper writer who aptly noted ‘Muhammed…might have wanted to marry …
Cameras Don’t Belong in Jury Room
State District Judge Ted Poe is planning to allow cameras in the deliberation room of a capital murder trial. Read the story in the Houston …
Life and Death in Houston
Watch out for your children in Hockley, Texas. It seems that some people, and here I’m talking about those who persist in owning dangerous dogs, …
Beauty Pageant Enrages Muslims
In Nigeria, religously-oriented riots killed over 100 people. The cause? A beauty pageant. What is going on in that country? Put those people to work, …