As we see and hear our national representatives argue back and forth about their responsibilities to approve or disapprove judicial questions, we long for some sanity. ...more

July 19, 2009

Generations: the sum of the general population's mood, taste, accomplishments, and personality, are as distinct as the people who have lived through them. And while the world has gone in and out of wars, toppled walls separating democracy and communism, and put men on the moon, there remained a common thread pulling everyone together. That thread was the people themselves. ...more

April 1, 2009

Small business owners are being crushed by a largely hysteria-created recession. ...more

February 6, 2009

President George W. Bush took the rare step today of revoking a pardon he had granted only a day before, after learning of political contributions to Republicans by the man's father and other information. ...more

December 24, 2008

President George W. Bush has been stingier with his authority to grant pardons than any chief executive since World War II. ...more

December 2, 2008

Twelve years after pleading guilty to federal charges in the deaths of three bald eagles, Collier learned his name was cleared: He was pardoned by President George W. Bush. ...more

November 30, 2008

The Washington Post With a backlog of applications piled up at the Justice Department, high-profile criminals and their well-connected lawyers increasingly are appealing directly to President George W. Bush for special consideration on pardons and clemency. ...more

November 25, 2008

171 Number of pardons President Bush has granted in seven years 2,064 Number of petitions for a pardon Bush received in seven years ...more

November 25, 2008

Allen J. Crotzer, the former St. Petersburg resident who spent 24 years in prison for crimes he did not commit, received pardons from the state today for convictions armed robbery as well as for selling drugs in prison. ...more

October 21, 2008

One of the reasons to doubt Mike Huckabee's judgment is the pardon of Wayne Dumond, and many of Huckabee's pardons have been questioned. Wayne Dumond was already a convicted violent rapist when he was accused of raping Bill Clinton's cousin, Ashley Stevens, a 17-year-old high school cheerleader. She survived the attack and he was convicted. One victim says that Dumond raped her while threatening her with a butcher's knife. ...more

January 9, 2008