Upon Advice From His Mother, Lionel Tate Gets 30

You all remember Lionel Tate. He was the Florida pre-teen who accidentally killed his playmate using a wrestling move. His conviction was later overturned when an appeals court determined he did not understand the charge.
Now he’s back in the news because he robbed a pizza delivery guy. Instead of accepting a guilty plea for [...]

Jesus, Mary Magdalene and the Da Vinci Code Movie

The Da Vinci Code movie is about to be released, to the chagrin of the Catholic Church, governments and conservative Christians all over the world.
I had never really heard much about the Da Vinci Code until I took a flight from Los Angeles to San Jose about two years ago. The woman next to me [...]

On The Motherhood Debate

“What finally draws me into the argument is not the substance, which never changes, but the equally difficult question of why the subject engenders so much public passion. After all, anyone who lives a real life in the real world knows that most women make choices about working and not working on a non-ideological basis. [...]