Troy King Attorney General of Alabama

The John Edwards Story Invites Us to Seek Out the Skeletons In Republican Closets

David Fiderer | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics


David Fiderer

The private life of Edwards, who currently neither seeks nor holds public office, is a legitimate story for the media because he was a hypocrite and because he lied. So now we know the new ground rules.

Switching Sides On The Death Penalty

Diane Dimond | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics


Diane Dimond

There is an inner voice in my head that can't stop screaming! I've heard it since last week when the US Supreme Court declared the rape of a child under 12 should not be punished by death. That, a majority of the court ruled, is not a "proportional punishment."