I have been doing a Santa’s Wish list for brain injury advocacy for more than a decade. I regurgitate some of it from year to year, as the needs have changed little, the injury no less severe, the misdiagnosis as…
GOP senators weigh options in Sotomayor’s wake
Sonia Sotomayor seems to have made it thru the Senate confirmation hearings without creating a major political issue for the Republicans or some misstep which would threaten her nomination. Life in American politics has changed when only some Republicans are…
SEC charges 11 people with insider trading
One of the great mysteries of the financial crisis of 2008 was where was the SEC while this catastrophe evolved? It wasn’t just Bernie Madoff, it was the complete failure to require publicly held companies to make full disclosures. Maybe…
Historic Sotomayor confirmation hearings under way
With the hearings commencing today to confirm Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, the Republicans get to dominate the headlines with their attacks on an experienced, liberal judge, because she believed in Affirmative Action. The Connecticut Fire fighters case will wrongly…
Gov’t faces weekend deadline on polar bear rule
Date: 5/8/2009 9:34 AMH. JOSEF HEBERTAssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A decision involving the iconic polar bear could determine whether protecting endangered species might also help save the earth from global warming. The Obama administration is approaching a weekend…
Art and Capital Punishment
Capital punishment is wrong. Even the most corrupt of Illinois governors figured that out. If no other reason persuades you, the risk that you execute an innocent person alone, makes it wrong. That someone could document this in art, is…
Dictator Stalin voted third-greatest Russian
Editor’s Note: I am intrigued by the below AP story for several reasons. My first concern is the likelihood that more than half of Americans have no idea who Josef Stalin was. In a day and age when much focus…