Texas Issues Tim Cole, Who Died in Prison, Its First Posthumous Pardon – AOL News
March 3, 2010
| by Fr. Ernesto Obregon | 4 Comments
Texas Issues Tim Cole, Who Died in Prison, Its First Posthumous Pardon – AOL News. Back in October of 2008, I blogged a series on the increasing failures of our national crime and prison policies. At that time I pointed out that states such as California were already spending 10% of their budget for prison costs with it expected to go higher. Since then, you have probably been hearing the news... [Read more]
On the swine flu and Latinos
April 29, 2009
| by Fr. Orthoduck | 4 Comments
The Wikipedia has some interesting data under the article on the Black Death that swept Europe in the Middle Ages. It says: Because fourteenth century healers were at a loss to explain the cause, Europeans turned to astrological forces, earthquakes, and the poisoning of wells by Jews as possible reasons for the plague’s emergence. . . There were many attacks against Jewish communities. In... [Read more]
A small victory for religious expression
Rastafarian believer The Associated Press just recently published an article titled Rastafarian can sue over Jiffy Lube hair policy. You can read it here. The gist of the article is that Jiffy Lube had already in its employ a person who follows the Rastafarian religion. He had been allowed to follow the Rastafarian hair regulations previously, then Jiffy Lube decided to change its hair policies... [Read more]
National crime and prison policies are failures, part 05
There is not really much said about crime and punishment in the New Testament that can guide the Christian who wishes to set governmental policy for criminals. This is because the apostles and disciples were outside the governmental system, and only saw it defendants. In passing, this is why we have to be careful about how we cite the New Testament with respect to governing a country. By and large,... [Read more]
National crime and prison policies are failures, part 01
California State Prison, Los Angeles In a report on the failure of California’s prison policies, the New York Times reports that California now spends 10% of its budget on prison costs, and that this cost is expected to go higher. What are the causes? A study done by the Federal government shows that it is a mixture of policies that are close to creating the perfect wave of monetary meltdown... [Read more]
