Sometimes we get it so wrong

Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, [...]


Innocence and Interrogation

The video above speaks to a phenomenon that can happen inadvertently when police are trying to learn who actually committed a crime. Of the many innocent people convicted of crimes about 25% of them confessed to crimes which they did not commit. Thus, many people are very upset when the innocent are released years later. [...]


Whose birthday is it?


Being illegal, Latino, and a victim

From a newspaper report. Versions of this report ran in many papers, from the Arizona Republic through the Washington Post, etc.:

EL MIRAGE, Ariz. — The 13-year-old girl opened the door of her home in this small city on the edge of Phoenix to encounter a man who said that his car had broken down and [...]


Alabama immigration law on the ropes

From the Decatur [Alabama] daily two days ago:

One of the few remaining provisions of Alabama’s tattered immigration law is unenforceable after sustaining twin blows Thursday. …
Early Thursday, U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson of Montgomery delivered the first punch.
Thompson previously granted a temporary restraining order preventing the state revenue commissioner and its local offices from requiring [...]


Makes one think