Gas prices have been on the rise since, oh…about the year 2000. Since last spring, gas prices have risen faster than a flash flood in Shoal Creek, Texas. The Bush Administration has assured us through its press corp — that would be CNN, ABC, CBS, Fox and MSNBC, among others (but not The Daily Show) […]

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In the old days, when we wanted to convict someone of a crime, we charged them. The prosecution was then bound — by law — to prove them guilty “beyond a reasonable doubt.” Now, reasonable doubt isn’t just any old doubt. As the California Jury Instruction on “reasonable doubt” makes clear, this would be silly.

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Goody! An opportunity to write about something other than Terri Schiavo! As occasionally happens here, a comment posted by a reader of Unspun™ inspired a response from me. And as perhaps happens too often here, my response seemed long enough and — in this case, anyway — seemed to carry the conversation far enough from […]

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I’m expecting this to be my last post on the Schiavo matter. I’ve heard so much crap aimed at demonizing Michael Schiavo, though, that it seemed to me necessary to take one last shot at bringing a little sanity and truth to this sad affair. Frankly, I think those taking shots at Michael Schiavo — […]

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