By Alan Bean
It is easy to write off Tea Party enthusiasts as a pack of doom sayers, but they are better characterized as doom deniers.
“Sometimes I believe in as many as six impossible things before breakfast,” says Alice. “That is an excellent practice,” the Mad Hatter agrees.
The Tea Party conversation follows a similar pattern. (more…)
As this excellent article from the Texas Tribune makes clear, the Hank Skinner case is a head-on collision between two interest groups: inmates looking to have DNA evidence tested, and overworked state officials who fear they will be buried in frivolous requests for DNA testing.
As this summary shows, the state’s case against Hank Skinner looks pretty damning: (more…)
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