Stating that gay people were born with their orientation seems like the perfect counter to the conservative argument that being gay is a choice, but this life-affirming rebuttal opens the door to other attacks.
For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in...
In recent months, we have seen a drastic and alarming increase in the number of laws passed that would restrict a woman's right to choose. After the elections of 2010 when the Republicans swept many state legislatures and governorships,...
Last night's execution of a man who many on the right and left believed was not proven to have committed a crime beyond a reasonable doubt, also killed confidence in a core principle in our American legal system.
In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
~Francis Bacon
Whoever appeals to the law against his fellow man is either a fool or a coward. Whoever cannot take care...
At the recommendation of a fellow Southerner, I'm currently reading a book I should have read long ago - Tony Horwitz's Confederates in the Attic.
It's one of the most honest representations of the Southern psyche I've yet to read, without...
When I was a junior in high school, in the middle of Richard Nixon's first term, I took a course in civics. Back then, this was required of all high school students, usually taken in their junior or senior...
Where the dogs go on with their doggy life and the torturer's horse
Scratches its innocent behind on a tree.
- Auden
St Francis of Assissi had, to be sure, an odd relationship with his body. As a strict ascetic, he...
What happens when a homeless couple shows up at a homeless shelter? The policies and procedures will punish them for their audacity, and rightfully so.
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