Free Speech / Law / Religion
Lawsuit May Bankrupt Phelps’ "Church"
by After members of Reverend Fred Phelps’ Westboro Baptist Church demonstrated at the funeral of Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder his father was justifiably upset. But Albert …
Month: October 2007
Diplomats Say "No" to Iraq
There is a lot of good news coming from Iraq these days: Violent deaths of U.S. troops and Iraqi civilians appear to have fallen sharply …
Child Care / Crime / Education
Of Youth and Discipline
The NY Times Board wrote today: The Government Accountability Office exposed a national outrage earlier this month in a report that found thousands of allegations …
SCOTUS to Halt Executions?
The NY Times says: Moments before a Mississippi prisoner was scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday evening, the Supreme Court granted him a stay …
Blackwater Shooters Given Immunity
Why? Three senior law enforcement officials said all the Blackwater bodyguards involved — both in the vehicle convoy and in at least two helicopters above …
Donnie McClurkin Strikes Back
Peter Hamby at CNN writes: The controversial Gospel singer at the center of a gay and lesbian backlash against Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign struck …
Presidential Press Coverage
Journalism.org has an interesting post up in which the press coverage of the 2008 presidential election is analyzed by the Project for Excellence in Journalism …
Of Reporters, Hacks
Earlier today Glen Greenwald published what he believes is an email sent to by him Colonel Steve Boylan, the spokesman for General Petraeus. Boylan – …
Make-or-break Time Coming for Paul
Ron Paul will be spending a sizable amount of his recent haul of campaign contributions on radio and television ads in New Hampshire and other early primary …
The Last Supper On-line
The Houston Chronicle says: As of today, all you need is an Internet connection. Officials put online an image of the “Last Supper” at 16 …