Tag Archives: Law and Rights

It seems that there is no end to the number of sick and disturbed individuals weaved into the very fabric of our society intent on exploiting and hurting children. We have children abducted from their beds, front yards and neighborhoods only to be sexually assaulted and killed – and those …

Other than the enticing mid-’60s orchestral pop tune “Everyone’s Gone to the Moon,” I was barely aware of Jonathan King, who is something of a legend in U.K. music as a performer, producer, songwriter, TV presenter, record executive, and pop music columnist – a legend and a convicted pedophile. He …

Michael Jackson was interviewed by Jesse Jackson yesterday, Easter morning, on his syndicated radio show “Keep Hope Alive with the Rev. Jesse Jackson.” The reverend and the pop star have known each other for 36 years since the Jackson Five performed at Operation Push’s first Black Expo Chicago in 1969. …

The Michael Jackson case took a pivotal turn today when Superior Court Judge Rodney Melville — after hearing arguments by District Attorney Tom Sneddon and heated opposition by defense attorney Thomas Mesereau Jr. — ruled in favor of the presecution, allowing testimony about alleged sexual offenses and a pattern of …

I am just sickened by the non-chalant attitude towards children being abducted, used liked animals and thrown away like trash.

Many people have quite heated positions on the subject of the new European Constitution but to my way of thinking, it’s such a simple no-brainer that at times it’s hard to remember what all the fuss is about. The proposed reforms will strengthen my rights as a citizen of the …

I am beginning to believe that the right, might well be, right. We are living in an age of moral depravity and if I have to draw the line in the sand and choose between some very basic liberal principles that I have clung to for my 35 plus years …

A wan Michael Jackson, trembling and in seeming agony, arrived at about 8:35 am PT for his trial today, five minutes late, suspended limply between bodyguards and accompanied by a phyician in surgical scrubs, before being lowered gingerly into his chair in the courtroom. He then grabbed a handful of …

For me, the intense drama, Herculean legal action and international attention focused on one woman, Terry Schiavo, in an incapacitated state for 15 of her 41 years (doctors appointed by Florida courts to examine Schiavo say “persistent vegetative state,” other physicians have questioned that diagnosis – nothing in this case …

CEA rocks rectum declaring a series of principles to ensure that fair use, home recording rights and innovation are protected in legislative, judicial and regulatory debates regarding the “protection” of intellectual property. Damn straight. CEA unveiled the Declaration during its conference entitled “IP & Creativity: Redefining the Issue,” held March …