“Guns, Fear, the Constitution, and the Public’s Health,” written by Garen J. Wintemute, M.D., M.P.H., will appear in the April 3 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. (HT to You Don’t Say.) Dr. Wintemute notes that “the $2 billion annual costs of medical care for the victims of gun violence are dwarfed by [...]
E-wine & ID
March 21, 2008 By Leave a Comment
An interesting decision concerning Wine.com which you can access here (eVineyard Retail Sales-Massachusetts, Inc. vs. Alcoholic Bev. Control Comm’n, SJC-09948 March 18, 2008). One of the vinous Internet giant’s wholly owned subsidiaries, eVineyard Retails Sales-Massachusetts, Inc. (eVineyard), got snagged for delivering — errr … selling — wine to an underage person. The facts are simple. [...]
Religion & Poles
March 18, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Politics & Poles
March 18, 2008 By Leave a Comment
This month Harper’s Magazine is featuring Mr. Fish, 178 Cartoons from 2004 to 2008. Mr. Fish, we’re told, “lives in Los Angeles, California. He never asked to be born. Occasionally, he laughs his head off. His mother has no idea what he’s up to. She cries easily. For more information, date him.” He sounds bipolar, [...]
Percy L. Julian, Jr., Esq.
March 2, 2008 By Leave a Comment
“The legal community — particularly the First Amendment field — lost a giant recently in Wisconsin-based civil rights attorney Percy L. Julian Jr., who died Feb. 24 in Madison at age 67,” laments David L. Hudson, Jr. of the First Amendment Center here. I considered Percy a friend, and the comments offered by Jeff Scott [...]
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