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By Gode Davis, staff columnist – March 16, 2010 According to the book Cooperstown, [1] which chronicles the exploits of men elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York; including, most notably, those who played what used to be called The National Pastime, Jim Bunning was “the consummate intelligent professional pitcher.” If…
Continue readingBy Kerrie Spencer, staff technology writer – March 9, 2010 While it’s nice to have a privacy policy, those who hold contests should really pay attention to just what they’re doing when they release private customer information. You knew this had to happen, didn’t you? Everywhere you look, every site you surf, every doctor, dentist,…
Continue readingBy Kristen Friend, staff U.S. Supreme Court writer – March 2, 2010 A challenge to a US anti-terror law raises the issue of whether political speech may be prosecuted as support for a terrorist organization. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case, Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, last Tuesday and is currently deliberating…
Continue readingBy Gode Davis, staff columnist – February 25, 2010 I was watching my television the other day, and it seemed like déjà vu. An aircraft, in this case a Piper Cherokee PA-28 single-engine small plane, was deliberately crashed into the IRS Building in Austin, Texas by one A. Joseph Stack III, in what I’ve taken…
Continue readingBy Kristen Friend, staff U.S. Supreme Court writer – February 3, 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission opens the door for corporate cash in political campaigns. On January 21, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, a case concerning corporate expenditures in elections. The 5-4 ruling, split…
Continue readingBy Kerrie Spencer, staff technology writer – January 27, 2010 It was ever thus, the Amazon Kindle gurus developed a superbly smashing device that would make ebooks easier to read. They forgot one little thing that came back to bite them later. Ebooks are taking the marketplace by storm. There isn’t any question about that.…
Continue readingBy Gode Davis, staff columnist – January 22, 2010 What I know about the U.S. Senators surnamed Brown can probably fit on the head of a pin, but here goes. Should I start with Sherrod from Ohio, or Scott from Massachusetts? Both have been much maligned, depending upon who’s doing the talking. They seem on…
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