Here’s a quickie quiz on the U.S. Constitution: Where, exactly, in the document does the right to privacy appear?               The answer is “nowhere.”  That’s right; one of the assumed cornerstones of American freedom is not inscribed by any express language in the country’s supreme legal document.  It may well be that the Founders […]

              In his press conference last week, President Obama announced that he would be sending 300 “non-combat” military advisors to Iraq to help the Iraqi military quell the incursion of the Sunni insurgency.  Calling the group a terrorist cell, Mr. Obama identified American interest in the maintenance of Iraq’s “democratic government.”               All reports indicate […]

              For years now, Congress has been hamstrung by what has come to be called “gridlock.”  In its traditional form the word refers to the situation that occurs when opposing parties control the separate legislative houses, with the result that a particular bill can only pass out of one of the two and thus never […]

              Much is being made of the recent Supreme Court decision in Hall v. Florida.  That’s the death penalty case where the Court decided, by a 5-4 vote, that Florida’s rigid adherence to a specific IQ number (70) for those sentenced to death was unconstitutional.  The decision has garnered a lot of attention, primarily from […]