Samuel Alito broke the tie today in a major death penalty case, overturning a Kansas Supreme Court ruling that the state's law constituted cruel and unusual punishment. Essentially, they determined that the death penalty should be enforced even when the brutality of the crime is equal to the mitigating factors explaining the defendant's actions.

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Hillary Clinton fanned the flames of publicity on Ann Coulter's new book, "Godless: The Church of Liberalism,"  calling it a vicious attack on 9/11 victims and suggesting that "Heartless" would have been a more appropriate title.  In the book, Ms. Coulter accuses those victims who pushed the Bush White House to create a commission to investigate ( Read more... )

Have you noticed that modern commerce has turned into a total waiting game? What is this, 1952? Are manufacturers completely incapable of anticipating the demand for their products? Don't they spend millions of dollars every year on consumer research to determine how many people will want to buy the next must-have product, not to mention ( Read more... )