December 20, 2015 Federal court weighs in on Alabama county's refusal to wed gays A federal judge in Alabama should make it "crystal clear" that gay marriages should be allowed across the state, an attorney for same-sex couples said Thursday.
December 20, 2015 Federal prosecutors in Chicago drop drug charges against 27 people in stash house sting cases The U.S. attorney's office in Chicago has quietly dropped dozens of serious narcotics conspiracy charges stemming from undercover stings involving fictional drug stash houses, a federal law enforcement technique critics contend amounts to entrapment and displays racial bias against minorities.
July 1, 2015 Ten Commandments: Madness strikes in Oklahoma Texas has a monument to the Ten Commandments at its State Capitol.
May 7, 2015 What I saw with Karl Rove on election night I blurted out to Chris Wallace and Karl Rove, “Do they understand the implications of that call?” I felt calling Ohio was tantamount to calling the presidency and thought we would be seeing blazing graphics declaring Obama reelected.
May 7, 2015 How gays in Ohio could have won the election for Romney There has been a lot of talk about the Republican party needing to move to the modern era and include a broader demographic in the make up of the party.
May 6, 2015 Indiana and religious freedom: Shooting themselves in the foot The turmoil over the efforts by the State of Indiana to make lawful the decisions by operators of public accommodations to decline their services based on their stated religious views has died down because the legislature amended the offending parts of its legislation so that the new law prohibits denying services based on sexual orientation, yet its affirmations of religious liberty are meaningless.