Last week, news of Barack Obama’s trip through Europe dominated the American media. A July 23, 2008 Gallup poll shows the overwhelming majority of Britons, French and Germans would prefer Obama to win the presidential election. The United Kingdom showed a preference of Obama at 60% to McCain’s 25%; in France, Obama was […]
This is less of an essay, and more of an observation submitted for comment.
American liberty is supposed to be the freedom to swing your fist wherever you choose, provided you’ll be punished if you strike another man’s nose. In other words, the concept is that we’re free to do as we please so long as […]
A report this morning indicated that the idea of formally taking over mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (henceforth “FMs”) has crossed the minds of the president and his advisers.
For the mortgage layman, an introduction to the mortgage process is in order. It begins when a prospective mortgage borrower applies for a loan with […]
In May, the California Supreme Court held “unconstitutional” a California statute defining marriage as existing between one man and one woman. The opinion issued by the Court went out of its way–or, as Shakespeare might say, protested too much–to assure the people that the Court was not making policy, but only applying simple, well-recognized […]
In mid June, Montreal Superior Court Justice Suzanne Tessier created a crisis by overturning a father’s decision to ground his daughter. Justice Tessier ruled that the father had no right to inflict an “unduly severe punishment” (in this case, denying his daughter permission to attend a school trip). Even for Canada this decision is unprecedented; […]
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