It’s crunch time at the Supreme Court, where the justices are racing to issue opinions in 17 cases over the next two weeks. The religious rights of corporations, the speech rights of abortion protesters and the privacy rights of people under arrest are among the significant issues that are so far unresolved. Summer travel, European […] Continue reading → 
Here’s a coincidental juxtaposition of two uncomfortable media moments from opposite sides of the 2016 presidential trail. First up: Texas governor Rick Perry addresses the endorsement of “reparative therapy” (i.e. therapy that would assist in “escaping from the homosexual lifestyle”) in the Texas GOP platform: ”Whether or not you feel compelled to follow a particular lifestyle […] Continue reading → 
“The only defensive posture I had left was to lie prostrate on the ground, and wait to die” A survivor of the shooting on the Fort Hood military base in Texas has penned an emotional letter that describes how he warned for five years that keeping the base as a ‘gun free zone’ would end […] Continue reading →