We hear that Guantamo is a Stalag or Gulag; but the real disaster is the rising number of early released killers—so unlike the fate of our enemies caught out of uniform in WWII—who have gone on to kill the innocent, such as the former Gitmo murderer who blew himself and seven Iraqis in Mosul recently...
The Supreme Court last week gave the country an object lesson in the absurdity of the Eighth Amendment--at least, as it is currently understood by the justices...
Long before federal prosecutors filed seven federal corruption charges against former county Sheriff Mike Carona, astute observers (and even some not-so-astute ones) should have noticed the disreputable way the man once described by Larry King as "America's sheriff" was running the state's second-largest sheriff's department...
IN this newspaper last weekend, Australian Securities Exchange chief executive Robert Elstone said Australia was "in the midst of a global financial crisis" and called for a mini Wallis-style review of the financial sector...