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Private High School That Had Planned to Celebrate Black History Month with a Special Lunch Menu Sparks a Controversy
BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Administrators at a private Catholic girl’s school in Northern California found themselves embroiled in a food controversy recently. According to NBC News, students at the Carondelet High School for Girls “wanted to come up with ways to … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Equal Rights, Racism, United States
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Chevron Going after a Political Cartoonist for Satirical Video He Made with Amazon Watch
BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Lindsay Abrams posted an interesting article about the Chevron Corporation at Salon yesterday. According to Abrams, one of the world’s largest oil companies is “desperate” to avoid paying billions of dollars in damages for the contamination in … Continue reading
Chris Christie’s Character Witnesses…Where Are They?
BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Scott Raab has been doing a series of posts about Chris Christie on Charlie Pierce’s Politics Blog at Esquire. He posted the fifth installment—titled Why No One Is Sticking Up for Chris Christie—today. In his piece, Raab … Continue reading
Clap(per) Off?
By GENE HOWINGTON Since the inception of the Edward Snowden affair, one thing has been manifest. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper lied to Congress. Many have found this behavior unacceptable and have expressed ideas along the lines that Clapper … Continue reading
Posted in Big Brother, CIA, Civil Liberties, Fascism, Free Speech, NSA, United States
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The Third Post in the “Oh My Achin Head” Series: Mike Huckabee on Democrats, Women, Uncle Sugar, Birth Control, and Female Libidos
By ELAINE MAGLIARO Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas, 2008 Republican presidential candidate, ordained minister, guitarist, author, and Fox News commentator made news this week because of comments that he made at the Republican National Committee’s winter meeting. While speaking … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Liberties, Fundamentalism, Reproductive Rights, RNC, United States
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The Second Post in the “Oh My Achin’ Head” Series: GOP Congressman Says Wives Should Submit to Their Husbands
By ELAINE MAGLIARO It looks as if some Republican Congressmen haven’t gotten the message yet regarding how to go about winning over the hearts and minds of female voters. You’d think that they’d try a little harder considering Mitt Romney, … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Equal Rights, Fundamentalism, RNC, United States
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Privacy Rights – To Enumerate or Not to Enumerate, That is the Question
By GENE HOWINGTON Reasonable people tend to agree there is both a right to privacy and that it is necessary. But what exactly is the right to privacy? Justice Brandeis famously said in Olmstead v. U.S., 277 U.S. 438, 479 … Continue reading
The Consequences of Free Speech
By GENE HOWINGTON Recently we’ve seen the topic of politically correct speech as it relates to free speech came up and under the guise of civility. The subject was brought to fore in my mind when I read this: How … Continue reading
Posted in Free Speech, Jurisprudence, Legal Theory, Society
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What Makes A Good Law, What Makes A Bad Law?
By GENE HOWINGTON In 1780, John Adams succinctly defined the principle of the Rule of Law in the Massachusetts Constitution by seeking to establish “a government of laws and not of men”. This reflects the democratic principles enshrined in the … Continue reading
Posted in Jurisprudence, Legal Theory, Philosophy, Political Science
Tagged Rule of Law, Rule Utilitarianism, Utilitarianism
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