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OP-ED: Is Clarence Thomas crooked?

The journalists at ProPublica are proud of their scoop about Justice Clarence Thomas accepting scads of luxury gifts over the years from a billionaire pal, Harlan Crow.Many who never liked Thomas鈥 jurisprudence are piling on and declaring a four-alarm fire. Writing in The American Prospect, ...

Baseball’s pitch clocks

There are but a few things that gain unanimous approval in America these days.Several of those brand-new Major League Baseball changes seem to be very close to getting across-the-board raves.(When I write 鈥渁cross-the-board raves,鈥 I鈥檓 saying I haven鈥檛 seen anybody claim they honestly ...

The problem of men in black robes

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave the green light to the prescription drug mifepristone in 2000. Last week, 23 years and five presidential administrators later, a federal judge in Texas placed a preliminary hold on the use of mifepristone, one drug in a two-drug combination used to ...

Child labor laws shouldn’t be loosened

As a society, we鈥檝e largely agreed that before adolescents reach legal adulthood they should mostly be devoting themselves to education and training and learning to be responsible citizens.Sure, there鈥檚 nothing wrong with having a part-time or weekend job to earn some spending money, learn ...