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The Pope, Canon Law, and Survivors

A Response to NYT Front Page Story on Saturday that the Vatican Was Considering Amending the Canon Law Statutes of Limitations for Child Sex Abuse On Saturday, the New York Times reported that Cardinal...

Marci A. Hamilton | 23 Apr 2008

Violent Crime Drops… in Prisons

We all have reason to feel a little safer. However, who would have guessed that despite the huge increase in prison population, prisoners have reason to as well? Bert Useem and Anne Piehl analyze the situation...

Bert Useem, Anne Morrison Piehl | 21 Apr 2008

Voices from Eldorado

Members of the FLDS Speak Men at the compound, and women in custody have been interviewed for CBS News. View the footage here. Some stories correspond to allegations. When asked if it’s ok for a...

21 Apr 2008

Beer vs. Wine Fridays

Charles Bamforth is a globe-trotting brewing scientist, and I could hardly ask him for a post the day he lands from southeast Asia. Those clamoring for some wisdom should look no further than the Preface...

Charles Bamforth | 18 Apr 2008

Pope Headed for Policy Clash

The Pope Is Heading for a Public Policy Clash for Which He Appears Unprepared It is highly unlikely that Vatican officials adequately have prepared Pope Benedict XVI this week for the American mood on...

Marci A. Hamilton | 17 Apr 2008

How to Prosecute a Religious Sect

Marci Hamilton lends her legal analysis of what is turning out to be a very complicated situation in Texas. The Christian Science Monitor, gets into the nitty-gritty of the court battle. In a sidebar audio...

16 Apr 2008

War Poet Wednesday

While war may rob and subvert language, simplifying the grandest of catastrophes, the political realm can rob poetry of its soul, hijacking poetic language for its own gains. James Winn, author of The...

James A. Winn | 16 Apr 2008

Spy-Tech Monday

That’s it for Kristie Macrakis and her treasure trove of Stasi gizmos. Thanks for joining us. I’ll make it easier for everyone, and post all the pictures in a gallery below. Seduced by Secrets...

Kristie Macrakis | 14 Apr 2008

Beer vs. Wine Fridays

Is it a moot debate? A recent informal poll of Cambridge’s US marketing department shows a dead heat, with many baffled by the question right off the bat. Someone sneaks up behind your desk and says...

11 Apr 2008

When Church Autonomy is Tyranny

Ignorance is the enemy of liberty. That truth has never been so forcefully made as it has been with the rescue of the hundreds of children from the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints compound in Eldorado,...

Marci A. Hamilton | 10 Apr 2008

In For the Long Haul: Petraeus and the War

The war in Iraq is ugly, ambiguous, and marred with incompetence. It leaves an awkward legacy for our next president. According to Timothy Lynch and Robert Singh, this is nothing unusual for the US, nor...

Robert S. Singh, Timothy J. Lynch | 9 Apr 2008

Marci Hamilton in Today’s Post-Gazette

Marci has been very busy lately. After her Washington Post chat yesterday, she is now appearing in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Expect to hear more from her as she works towards justice for victims of...

9 Apr 2008