“Religious Liberty” for THEM, But Not forThe Rest of Us . . . Then They Won’t Even Need to Bother With Voters Anymore . . . Hey, Lincoln Will Be Re-Elected Anyway — What Could Go Wrong?? “Besides, Lady, my friend Ginni says you’ll be outta there soon — once you see the true light … Continue reading Images for the First Monday of October: Are Your Rights Safe? (Hint: Not At The Supreme Court)
What’s Prison For? Punishment and Rehabilitation in the Age of Mass Incarceration is published in the US by Columbia Global Reports The Guardian — October 1, 2022 Charles Kaiser The statistics are familiar but remain startling: America’s incarceration rate per 100,000 is “roughly twice that of Russia’s and Iran’s, four times that of Mexico’s, five … Continue reading What’s Prison For? A Review
So, other than that big London funeral, last week, not much really happened in the news, right? Things seemed all teed up in Florida — — But then the 11th Circuit barged in . . . Then Cannon was abruptly … Continue reading Cartoons to Open A New Week
On this day [Sept. 22] in 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, a document that put the Confederacy on notice of his intention to free their slaves. They had until January 1, he said, to lay down their arms; after that, any slave within a rebelling state would be “then, thenceforward, and … Continue reading Quote of the Day — Lincoln & Emancipation: The First Version
Joe Biden, 09/15/2022, United We Stand Summit, at the White House: “Too much hate that’s fueled extremist violence [has] been allowed to fester and grow. You know, as a result, our very own intelligence agencies — our own intelligence agencies in the United States of America, have determined that domestic terrorism rooted in white … Continue reading On the Brink of Autumn: Quote of the Season