California government's authority exceeds that of parents, according to a new court ruling, which with the stroke of a pen has declared 116,000 children criminally truant.
Alan Korwin, who sometimes writes as "The Uninvited Ombudsman," files an upbeat dispatch about this year's SHOT (Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trades) show.
Nary a week passes without some legislator somewhere demonstrating that politicians are people too damn stupid to do real work. Last week was no exception.
It was Mark Twain who observed that no one's life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session. Alas, that is more true than ever, especially in Maryland.