It is not common sense or compassion as much as necessity which drove the state of Pennsylvania to offer early release to some non-violent offenders .   Overcrowded prisons helped to prompt the offer of opportunity for offenders to transition back into society sooner through various programs.  Pa...

Remember the jury summons I received last week?  I'm not done yet. You may recall that my phone service went haywire last week and that though DSL still works I've been without dial tone.  When I placed a service call the guy I spoke with indicated there was some sort of regional...

It's good or evil, it's black and white, it's either you're with us or you're against us....A defining attribute of witch-hunting is the way the momentum builds. It's very hard to stop beyond a certain point-- because beyond a certain point, if you say "Stop!" they&...

It's hard to be a good person in China. The system makes you numb to what's right and wrong.              --Tao Jun, a former Foshan businessman turned anti-corruption activist, interviewed by Mark Magnier in the Los Ang...

Imagine a large, well-furnished room. It is well lit, with no windows. It is soundproof. A psychological experiment is to be conducted. John, a twenty-one year old man, and Mary, a nineteen year old woman, are placed in the room and the door is closed. Eight hours later, the door is opened and John ...

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by TonyfromOz This portrait is of Captain James Cook, who, as Lieutenant, commanding the Barque Endeavour, on 19th April 1770 was the first person to make landfall on the Eastern coast of the Great Southern Land, now known as Australia. This portrait was painted by Nathaniel Dance in 1775, and hangs...

I am an Orthodox, Ashkenazi Jew. However, I find it hard to understand why, in certain cases, if an Ashkenazi is forbidden to act one way, it would be permitted for a Sefardi ? For example, a Sefardi who consumes kitniyot on Pesach is not committing a wrong due to the fact that his minhag allows for...

A new law passed in Oklahoma requires doctors to perform a vaginal ultrasound and to describe the fetus in detail to women seeking abortions. Article Link New Oklahoma Law Forces UltrasoundsAmie Newman, RH Reality Check on April 25, 2008 - 8:56am It all started in 2007 in South Carolina -- a first-o...

The other night I watched Larry King's interview of the women from the FLDS group in Texas.  The next night he commented that many of his viewers were writing in to ask "where are the fathers?"  Because genetic testing is already being done on the children in an attempt to determ...