international

Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon is suspended

The BBC news has the following article. I will only be quoting part of it: High-profile Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon has been suspended from his post by the country’s judicial body. The decision was unanimously adopted by the General Council of the Judiciary. He is due to face trial on charges that he abused his powers by opening an inquiry in 2008 into crimes committed during Francisco Franco’s... [Read more]

Why earmarks are easier than reform

I wrote an entire post based on some conversations that I had yesterday with some people at the Bible Study. I saved periodically. I know I did because I learned back in the MS-DOS days that frequent saving was truly a lifesaver. But, something went wrong. Despite my regular hitting of the save button, not one word that I wrote was saved, only the cartoon above. I may try to comment again on the above... [Read more]