We mentioned a few days ago that the New Mexico Legislature passed a bill to abolish capital punishment in the state. Many of you had strong feelings about whether Gov. Bill Richardson should sign the measure into law. He has....
The Los Angeles Times, citing "two law enforcement sources familiar with the case," reported last week that federal prosecutors in Los Angeles have begun a grand jury investigation of Cardinal Roger Mahony "in connection with his response to the molestation...
"What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow; that is the whole Law: all the rest is interpretation." -- Rabbi Hillel...
The New York Times has a profile of Tom Riner, the Kentucky state representative who has made it his mission to inject religion into the public arena whenever he can -- writing God into the state motto, supporting the construction...
The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that an atheist group in Kentucky is suing the state's Office of Homeland Security over a statute that stresses "dependence on Almighty God as being vital to the security of the Commonwealth." The suit claims that...
The New York Times had a Sunday front page story that, I must say, sounds contrived. It's about the difficulties science teachers are encountering in Florida because of a new law that mandates the teaching of evolution, which the law...
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