Weekend Roundup: Double Barrel Game-Changing Events -- A Civilian Plane Shot...
As the cyclical violence in the Middle East continued with an Israeli ground invasion of Gaza, two game-changing events happened elsewhere. If the suspicions that the Malaysian airliner was shot down...
View ArticleDear Oklahoma
Dear Oklahoma, I am elated that the Federal Courts are forcefully dragging you kicking and screaming into the 21st century. I know leadership in your state might, or might not, agree with this ruling,...
View ArticleThe Moral Imperative in End-of-Life Choice Looks Different Now
For those of us grounded in end-of-life care and choice, the earth shook this week. Did you feel it? The shaking hasn't stopped, but the religious foundation from which aid-in-dying opponents build...
View ArticleDoes America Execute the Innocent? You Decide
Every day now, myths about the death penalty explode. Glenn Ford's exoneration in March, after 30 years on Louisiana's death row, gave the lie to two urban legends: There are no innocent people on...
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Friday Talking Points -- Democrats' 'Middle Class Jumpstart' Agenda
The media, quite obviously, is currently in a frenzy. Actually, two frenzies, since they've now got two wars to cover, one of which has provided shots of a grisly plane crash. This all meant that a lot...
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Who Started It Doesn't Matter, Who Has the Wisdom To End It Does
Remember back in childhood how, whenever a melee erupted on the playground or in a backyard, mothers, fathers or teachers would suddenly emerge to pull wrestling bodies apart while some sweaty kid,...
View ArticleWhy Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Was Probably Shot Down by a Rebel Missile --...
Of course, it's still too early to say definitively what happened but this is a blog, not a news article or a government report, so I have the space to vent and express what I think rather than what I...
View ArticleCity Rules Lure, Push Away Food Truck Flavors
In Los Angeles, food trucks are heralded as "the new incubators of culinary innovation." Vendors line the streets in neighborhoods all over town, offering customers everything from Korean tacos to...
View ArticleWhy the Central American Children Migrants Need Full Adjudication of Their...
As Congress and the Administration consider proposals to eviscerate the heretofore obscure (now demonized) Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (TVPRA), it makes sense to review...
View ArticleBahrain's Jihadist Dilemma
In recent years Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have waged crackdowns on local Muslim Brotherhood (MB) movements and their alleged sympathizers under the banner of combating "global...
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The Truth About Politics: Mo' Money, Mo' Problems
Our government is no longer by the people, for the people. Instead, our government has become a vehicle for corporations and the wealthiest 0.000042 percent of Americans. These select few can afford...
View ArticlePutin Needs to Call Out Pro-Russian Rebels
KIEV -- My heart is bleeding for the innocent victims who died in a crash of a Malaysian airliner two days ago. This tragedy left no one in Ukraine without tears. For many months, we have been mourning...
View ArticleStop Undermining the President!
For a short time after September 11, 2001 anyone who dared to criticize then President Bush was called an unpatriotic traitor. Remember the Dixie Chicks? But today when international crises occur those...
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Malaysian Airliner Shot Down, FedEx Charged Over Drug Shipments (VIDEO)
We discussed the shooting down of Malaysian Airlines flight 17, the Russian-made Buk-M1 2 Missile System and the criminal charges against FedEx on The Weekend Show with Kenny Shelton Saturday July 19,...
View ArticleConstitutional Rights in the Digital Age
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Riley v. California held that the police must obtain a warrant before searching the cell phone of someone who has been arrested. This decision applied the...
View ArticleThis Is Where You Don't Want Your Tax Dollars Going
After the inevitable argument broke out in my high school civics class -- I was often the lone voice or at least the leader of a chorus of quiet liberal voices who dared speak out against the...
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May Musharraf Escape Treason?
Pakistani politicians are faltering in their resolve to prosecute General Pervez Musharraf for high treason. Under Article 6 of the Pakistan constitution, "any person who abrogates or subverts or...
View ArticleGOP Will Find a Way to Blame President Obama on Ukraine Jet Downing
The monstrous downing of a Malaysian jet liner apparently by Russian backed separatists in the Ukraine did something that few thought could happen. It has gotten GOP leaders momentarily to agree with...
View ArticleSustainable Development: An Agenda for India
Over the next 18 months, the world is set to witness three major international events that could be potentially game-changing in efforts aimed at addressing global warming. The first would be the UN...
View ArticleCalifornia Republicans in Focus: The Controller's Race Gets A Democrat,...
The long road back for California Republicans came into clearer focus in the past few days as the Democratic candidate in the race for state controller was finally confirmed and the party's...
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