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Newsletter #50

Janet Jackson’s Breast Edition Has anyone else noticed that pre-election polls are almost worthless anymore for predicting the outcomes of elections? I mean, who would have ever guessed that Howie Dean would slip so dramatically from his commanding front-runner...

Newsletter #49

Chimp Gone Wild Edition Well … it’s a new year and the question on everyone’s mind seems to be: will this be the year that another ‘terrorist’ attack comes our way, perhaps just in time to disrupt the presidential election? A lot of...

Newsletter #48

The DC Sniper Trial, Part IV After a lunch break, John Allen Muhammad’s trial moved immediately into the penalty phase. Judge Millette began the proceedings by issuing yet another unusual ruling; according to the Baltimore Sun, “Millette, Jr. ruled that...

Newsletter #47

The DC Sniper Trial, Part III [Reader response to this series of newsletters has been decidedly mixed. Some of you have written to offer thanks. Others have wondered, as did one recent letter writer, why I am “so distracted by this obvious distraction.” To...

Newsletter #46

The DC Sniper Trial, Part II If the second week of testimony in the DC Sniper trial proved anything, it was that prosecutors had, relatively speaking, actually exercised some restraint during the first week. The state first wrapped up the testimony concerning the...

Newsletter #45

The DC Sniper Trial, Part I Imagine, if you will, that you are on trial, in the state of Virginia, facing charges of having committed a specific, single act of homicide. And imagine that prosecutors repeatedly call witnesses to the stand to obtain testimony about...