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The (b) option really isn't an option since the next term of the court opens on Oct. 1, and they know they have a looming deadline. Their inability to bring forth a timely decision reflects badly on all of them.

American author, philosopher, and journalist Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) said this: "There are four kinds of homicide: Felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy."

No, it is a historical commentary from Juvenal, a Roman poet (1st/2nd century AD), about how Romans of two millennia ago would be kept satisfied as long as they were fed and entertained. Try at least the early parts of the linked article, which is relatively short...

I can only speak for myself here, but I have to offer my opinion that if anyone actually brought these cases to court, the state's attorney would decline the charges. In our system, we require "beyond reasonable doubt" and you have mentioned several HUGE doubt factors. This is just another...

To me, the #MeToo movement is inherently sexist but only in the sense that it is competing against the "good old boy" Hollywood and political networks, which are also inherently sexist. If you want to achieve balance, you have to add equal parts of opposites. So counter male sexists "stuff"...

I don't consider the entire #MeToo movement toxic, but some of its side effects easily could be. Making accusations and airing out the dirty laundry is good. Waiting 30 years before airing out that laundry means 30 years of self-doubt, of self-diminution (of self-worth), 30 years of festering...

Jon, it varies by more than 20 points situationally. There is a subtle purpose behind making you wait in the doctor's waiting room. You have to sit down and read some boring magazine. That calms you down. If you took your measurements under different situations with respect to how recently...

I agree that starting the formal criminal charging process requires a woman to review the moment over and over again. The cops, after all, don't know because they weren't there and they MUST get the story right to bring it to the district attorney who will have to prosecute the case. The DA...

When my father had his fatal heart attack, we were told that the "run time" for the ambulance was just over three minutes because they were dispatched from the closest fire station. Can't speak about anyplace else, but in the greater New Orleans area, EMT vans and fire engines share the fire...

My step-daughter supports a battered women's shelter and we often contribute through her. My step-son supports a charity that supports kids with intellectual disabilities and we contribute through him.

Don't get me started on the Kavanaugh issues. (Or, since this IS the P.C. thread... maybe it's too late.) Let me be absolutely clear. No women should ever be forced into a sexually involved situation without her consent. The #MeToo movement in the USA isn't ill founded. I believe every...

"They have a white lab coat on! " Jon, why do you think I included "Doc" in my screen name? It IS legit, by the way, representing my Ph.D. in chemistry. But I learned a long time ago (actually from a customer) that "Doc" counts for more than "Mr." in arguments. When I was a contractor with...

Which leads me to the question: Can someone who is THOROUGHLY introverted do something so public as to write a book? And Bee - that is NOT a dig. It is a rhetorical question intended to point out that you can't be 100% introverted even though you claim introversion. For me, introversion...

Well, here's the tricky part. Below I have reproduced the Preamble to the US Constitution: We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the...

AI, you are SO correct. My step-daughter informs me that "gay is passe'" so the new term will be "festive."

"1. You can't demonstrate that it's wrong to kill by killing. " If I successfully defend myself from an armed attacker and in the process kill that attacker, I have just demonstrated that it is at least sometimes not wrong to kill, and in that case I did so by killing. "2. Prisons exist so...

Sometimes I just want to escape into another world. Which is where first-person shooters sometimes take me. Particularly the open-world games. I love Skyrim and the other Elder Scrolls games... well, except that I can't play ES 1 or ES 2 on my system very well. They were for much older...

Another story for reference, a Robert A Heinlein novella titled "Coventry" about setting aside an inescapable place where you send criminals. No bars, no guards, not much of anything. If you live for as long as your sentence, you can return to society. If not, one of the other inmates took...

Here is where you crossed a line in this discussion: The drawn-out appeals process doesn't exist in this isolated discussion because we presumed we had already unquestionably shown guilt. WHAT appeals process? I suggested that we had to isolate the question into its two parts because CLEARLY...

Jon, three very good "devil's advocate" points. As I said, there are botched spots all over the place just waiting for examination/elucidation. Having said that: Domestic abuse does not equal murder. But stats show that often it is a precursor to murder. The Bronco chase as a means of...