So wrote Justice White in Coker v. Georgia , and this week, the Supreme Court takes up the question whether the death penalty could nevertheless be constitutional when the victim is a child. Those facts alone are a powerful argu…
I've been ignoring this Dick Cavett thing in the NYT that's been sitting at the top of the most-emailed list for days, but now I'm reading it. I don't want to delve into Cavett's earnest opposition to the war…
I must say I find it utterly repugnant for a political figure to make a big public show of upgrading his marriage to a "covenant marriage." I don't particularly approve of the trend of private celebrations that inv…