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Politically, for a variety of reasons, I’m a Democrat. I’m to the right of them on some criminal justice issues in particular, but basically the middle-left is where I live. What I’ve noticed from fellow Democrats over the years is more than just a sense that our policies better serve a greater number of Americans, [...] When the story of former NFL star Lawrence Taylor broke a couple of months ago, I was angry but not surprised to find the victim in the case- a child used in prostitution by a Bronx pimp- referred to as “Taylor’s Accuser.” Really? Even when we’re talking about a child, beaten into submission and presented [...] Hon. Fred D. Bright, District Attorney, Ocmulgee Judicial District, State of Georgia Dear Mr. Bright: Ben Roethlisberger raped a 20 year-old college student in your jurisdiction. He committed a violent felony which you and you alone were responsible for pursuing. You are the elected District Attorney who was called upon to summon the vigilance, resources, legal theory, competence [...] The invective that’s being hurled at Torry Hansen for returning her adopted son to Russia is sad, but mostly richly deserved. Cooler heads and kinder people than I am will reasonably resist a rush to judgment, of course. Caring for a child who has been raised in an institution, in a remarkably different culture, can’t [...] It continues from the Church and its defenders, desperately trying to alienate further multitudes. And it continues from anti-Catholics and the anti-religious who want the institution brought to its knees, some justified because of personal betrayal but many out of sheer, gleeful contempt. Ross Douthat, a conservative columnist for the New York Times, blames the crisis, [...] |
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