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‘Stand your ground’ needs to go
The parents of Trayvon Martin, the teenager shot dead in Sanford, Fla., the night of Feb. 26 by George Zimmerman, a gated community "watch volunteer," were dignified and clear about what they demanded from Florida's system of criminal justice. All they asked for was...
A new Cuomo, an old stunt
Governor's deal with the GOP is right out of the family playbook I've seen this movie before ... there's like a whole little deja vu going on for me," Gov. Andrew Cuomo quipped last month when asked by reporters whether he would run for president in 2016 — invoking...
Watch out for Kennedy
A crucial vote in the Obamacare case betrays an unsettling view of liberty Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing earlier this month for a sharply divided 5-4 majority, explained why strip-searching people arrested for allegedly committing minor, nonviolent...
The Weekender bids so long for awhile
This thirty-third in The Weekender series is not the last, but will mark a hiatus in its appearance in the Courier. During the last 15 months, The Weekender has tried to convey some things about the sensibility of an increasingly large and important segment of the...
America is better than that
Why can't iPads and similar gadgets be made here, not in China? For a moment last month, many momentous troubles and triumphs seemed to recede and our focus shifted to Apple CEO Tim Cook as he took to a San Francisco stage to introduce the newest iPad tablet computer....
A modest proposal
The Weekender has been a bit ornery of late, heaping criticisms on elected officials past, present and also on the campaigning wannabes. It’s time for me to ratchet down the cynicism and start to “give back” by making a constructive proposal which would improve our...
