So what do yesterday’s nationwide tea parties and a protest march in Afghanistan have in common? They’re both highlights of conservative victories, successes (unsurprisingly) mostly ignored in the pages of The New York Times. Tens of thousands of Americans rallied at tea parties on Wednesday to protest out-of-control federal spending. That’s probably news to the remaining handful of Americans who get their information solely from the “newspaper of record.” The print edition of the Times provided a tepid write up of the parties on page A-16. “Although organizers insisted they …
… difficult cases make bad law, get ready for some more awful law(s) in the lawyer-saturated District of Columbia. The case in question is a grisly one. Last week a woman was found living with the corpses of her four dead daughters. The wheels of justice turn slowly, but will eventually determine whether Banita Jacks was guilty of the crime and, if so, what her punishment ought to be. It would be tempting to dismiss this case as one of those awful things that happen from time to time. But …
