Florida Voucher Law: Three Strikes
As many expected, a district court in Florida has ruled against that state's school voucher scheme. It is, in fact, the third court to do so - how many more will it take before Christian politicians in Florida begin to......(Continue Reading)
Are "Three Strikes" Laws Fair?
Many states have been adopting...(Continue Reading)
California Turns Down 'Three Strikes' Reform
An effort to amend California's Three Strikes law, to fix what some see as flaws in the procedure that sends a person convicted of three felonies to prison for a minimum of 25 years, was turned down by 53 percent......(Continue Reading)
California Voters Take Second Look at 'Three Strikes'
California voters will get a chance November 2 to modify the state's Three Strikes law -- the toughest in the nation -- to make the law more fair for those whose third conviction is a non-violent crime and to reduce......(Continue Reading)
Supreme Court 2002-2003 Docket Controversy-packed
After a relaxing summer recess, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday begins hearing arguments in an October 2002-2003 docket packed with what may be the most controversial cases the justices have faced since they first sat down together in 1994....(Continue Reading)
Women and Catholicism Today
Book of the Day: Is the Pope Catholic? A Woman Confronts Her Church, by Joanna Manning. Publisher: Crossroad. To what degree has Pope John Paul II been faithful to important Catholic teachings and traditions? That might sound like an......(Continue Reading)
Daily Poll: Will Republicans Work With Democrats?
After the 2004 elections, Republicans even more firmly control both the Presidency and Congress. During the previous 4 years Republicans rarely engaged in bipartisanship, preferring instead to run roughshod over Democrats and abuse their power. What...(Continue Reading)
Crime and Punishment
Do criminals have rights? What about people unjustly accused? What defines cruel and unusual punishment? What defines crime itself? At present, the United States has more people in prison per capita than any other nation - even Russia - yet will stil...(Continue Reading)
Bad Call, poetry by Anonymous
Bad Call, a poem by Anonymous....(Continue Reading)
All My Children Daily Dish
Read what Gloria and Karen have to say about their ideas of what's happening on All My Children, the popular soap opera....(Continue Reading)
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