Category Archives: Current Affairs

U.S. Supreme Court Limits Warrantless Vehicle Searches

The United States Supreme Court limits warrantless vehicle searches in 5-4 ruling.

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Reflections on the Genarlow Wilson Case

While I was on vacation, I saw that Genarlow Wilson, a young athlete from the Atlanta area in prison for having oral sex with a younger girl was released from prison by the Georgia Supreme Court.  The Wilson case drew national attention because it arose in the aftermath of the Marcus Dixon Case.  Dixon, like [...]

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Dr. Watson Presumes Too Much: Nobel Prize Winner Quoted making an Insensitive Statement

I stumbled across this article from the Times of London in which quotes James Watson, the scientist who discovered the double helix formation of DNA as saying that blacks are not as intelligent as people of other races. His comments were made when discussing his opinion for the prospects for change in Africa. He is [...]

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