Current Events

President Obama Does The Right Thing on Gay Marriage

May 10, 2012 Current Events

Leadership is doing what you believe is right no matter what the political costs may be. President Obama may have waffled over gay marriage.  He may have sent out his Vice President to test the waters first.  But in the end he did the right thing. The Massachusetts Supreme Court decision in Goodridge v. Department of [...]

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Joseph Rakofsky’s Former Client Sentenced to 10 Years

May 4, 2012 Current Events

After pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter, Dontrell Deaner has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, to be followed by 5 years of supervised probation. Remember Dontrell Deaner? Just over a year ago, his name was all over the Internet in connection with the Joseph Rakofsky fiasco. Rakofsky was the lawyer, a few years out [...]

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Do Your Job, Mr. Prosecutor. And Turn Over the Evidence.

May 4, 2012 Criminal Procedure

The prosecutor has acknowledged that he should have turned over certain information to defense attorneys. That is what he says today. The case was back in 1984. Witnesses came forward when he was still preparing the case to say that there were two other men in the alley that night who were never charged.  One [...]

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“We Can See The Light Of A New Day On The Horizon”

May 2, 2012 Current Events

If you have ever read this blog before, you know I am a big fan of President Obama. I mean, really big fan. I have defended him against accusations that he is trying to use the first-anniversary of Osama Bin Ladin’s killing for political purposes. As for Mitt Romney’s claim that even President Carter would [...]

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Learning from Gus Frerotte: My Advice to New Redskins Quarterback Kirk Cousins

April 29, 2012 Current Events

The Washington Redskins have selected yet another quarterback in this year’s draft. After trading three first-round picks and a second-rounder to obtain Robert Griffin III (RGIII), they selected Michigan State quarterback Kirk Cousins yesterday in the fourth round. Given the Redskins’ needs at so many other positions, Thomas Boswell of the Washington Post has characterized [...]

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Barack Obama Sitting on Rosa Parks Bus

April 19, 2012 Current Events

Sometimes a simple photograph says everything you need to know.  I think of a photo I once saw displayed while visiting the Dachau concentration camp near Munich. You come into an empty room and there is a photograph on a stand facing the window. Given what appears to be the odd positioning of the photograph, [...]

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Ignition Interlock To Be Required For All DUI-Restricted Licenses in Virginia

April 18, 2012 Current Events

Beginning July 1, 2012, every person who is convicted of a drinking-and-driving offense in Virginia and who wants to drive on a restricted license will be required to install an ignition interlock device on his/her car.  Current law applies this requirement only to repeat offenders and to first-time offenders who are convicted of a blood [...]

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U.S. Out Of Afghanistan. Now.

March 17, 2012 Current Events

We are not going to win. We are not going to stabilize the country. We are not going to win any hearts and minds. The only thing we will accomplish by remaining in this miserable, strife-ridden country is to lose more American lives. At some point, maybe, we had an opportunity of doing something positive [...]

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An Alternative Viewpoint on Military Rape

March 16, 2012 Current Events

Having posted here on numerous occasions about the military rape cases filed recently in federal court, I thought it only fair to provide an alternative viewpoint, in this case from Capt. Brandon Barnett of Liberty & Justice for Y’all. Barnett offers the perspective of a former military prosecutor with direct experience prosecuting these cases. As [...]

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RG III, Coming to D.C.

March 11, 2012 Current Events

Who isn’t excited about the prospect of Robert Griffin III coming to the Washington Redskins? I know I am, no matter how strongly I argued against the trade.  Here is the highlight reel from his Heisman Trophy-winning year at Baylor.

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