“Victims must be kept safe from prosecution if we are to ever save them from their abusers. Also, the laws against prostitution do nothing but frighten exploited people from going to police and legislate morality between consenting adults. Prohibition of private behavior creates a black market full o…”
“In theory, everyone should have to prove the need annually. In practice, the beauracracy can take months to process the certification and a family's need for shelter hangs in the balance. Extending the term for recertification to three years not only reduces the deluge of paperwork the government mu…”
“I work for a bank and I cannot count the times a senior has called in asking where their money is, only to find that a relative or "friend" have ripped them off in some way. Elder abuse is insidious, widespread, and difficult to spot until it is often to late to stop it. As an employee of a private …”
“President Obama is still the president. If he nominates a replacement for Scalia and the senate refuses to act, it will be an act of childish gridlock. If a conservative president was leaving office with a vacancy on the court, I would expect a liberal senate to likewise confer an opinion, not sit o…”