Rapists Get a Pass in Knoxville: It’s Her Fault

After a sheriff got a get-out-of-jail-free pass for raping a young girl, another long-time rapist is getting a partial pass.
A suspected serial rapist drew the maximum sentence allowed under the law in his case Thursday, but neither the prosecution nor the investigator nor supporters of the victim applauded.
After all, David Freeman Clay might have faced [...]

Read Full Post »

Life and History Keep Going Round and Round

I love Krugman’s columns, partly because I generally agree with him, and partly becasue from time to time, he reminds me that life is cyclic. Today he finds a disturbing cyclic pattern, that we call globalization.
So far, the international economic consequences of the war in the Caucasus have been fairly minor, despite Georgia’s role as [...]

Read Full Post »