In a 5-4 decision today the Supreme Court of the United States made one of the worst rulings in history. “DNA testing has an unparalleled ability both to exonerate the wrongly convicted and to identify the guilty,” the majority conceded, in an opinion written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. “The availability of new DNA testing, however, cannot mean that every criminal conviction, or even every conviction involving biological evidence, is suddenly in doubt.” How wrong can one Justi... Read Full Story

Oh, how things look differently when you are the one caught with the hand in the cookie jar!  Senator John Ensign, Republican of Nevada, has stepped down as Chairman of the Republican Policy Committee, but has made no indication that he is willing to leave Washington or his Senate seat. Read Full Story

There is little to say about the extramarital affair of Senator John Ensign, Republican of Nevada.  With Las Vegas as his home base, it appears that Ensign gambled and lost.  Today he is heading home to confirm an extramarital affair. Perhaps we should say more, but let’s just say — John Edwards, Bill Clinton, David Vitter, Larry Craig, Elliott Spitzer and the list could go on, ad nauseam.  For all its worth, everything has been said about politicians who stray.  Just add the na... Read Full Story

It seems that the Supreme Court of the United States has decided that those big corporations who pay to play may find it harder to sway the judge in the future.  Some of us have been in that situation — David fighting Goliath, except David never seems to win in the court room. Read Full Story

Senator Chuck Grassley has found his fingers on Twitter.  Perhaps, this is his first indulgence into the new world.  What a shame! Grassley’s first tweet: “Pres Obama you got nerve while u sightseeing in Paris to tell us ‘time to deliver’ on health care. We still on skedul/even workinWKEND.” A short time later: “Pres Obama while u sightseeing in Paris u said ‘time to delivr on healthcare’ When you are a ‘hammer’ u think evrythin... Read Full Story

It just never ends.  We have tried to overlook this last Republican disgrace, but it is just too good to let it go.  It seems that the conservative water walker Governor of South Carolina, Mark Sanford, has discovered that confession is good for the soul. Read Full Story

The trial of two journalists who allegedly entered North Korea illegally have been sentenced to 12 years in a labor camp by a North Korean court.  Needless to say, Americans are outraged.  Most of us do not understand how these two women, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, could be a threat to North Korea.  The [...] Read Full Story

It just never ends.  We have tried to overlook this last Republican disgrace, but it is just too good to let it go.  It seems that the conservative water walker Governor of South Carolina, Mark Sanford, has discovered that confession is good for the soul. Read Full Story

In a 5-4 decision today the Supreme Court of the United States made one of the worst rulings in history. “DNA testing has an unparalleled ability both to exonerate the wrongly convicted and to identify the guilty,” the majority conceded, in an opinion written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. “The availability of new DNA testing, however, cannot mean that every criminal conviction, or even every conviction involving biological evidence, is suddenly in doubt.” How wrong can one Justi... Read Full Story

Oh, how things look differently when you are the one caught with the hand in the cookie jar!  Senator John Ensign, Republican of Nevada, has stepped down as Chairman of the Republican Policy Committee, but has made no indication that he is willing to leave Washington or his Senate seat. Read Full Story