Justice Scalia Wants to Kill an Innocent Man:

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was in the majority in voicing his opinion that evidence discovered after the conviction of Troy Anthony Davis, now residing on death row in Georgia, should not be considered in whether to go ahead with Davis's execution.

The case has gained world-wide celebrity as overwhelming evidence, including testimony from the prosecution's chief witness, indicates Davis is completely innocent of the crime of which he was convicted. In short, another man has confessed to the crime, the same man who claimed he witnessed Davis committing the murder.

Scalia, however, will have none of this. He wants his convicted murderer executed. It will make him, Scalia, feel really tough, kind of like sitting in a duck blind with Dick Cheney. The fact that Mr. Davis is black and poor and lives in Georgia, a long way from Justice Scalia, makes the justice's feelings on the matter all the easier to come by. Justice Scalia is all for the law, regardless of who is penalized, as long as it doesn't affect anyone he knows personally.

(See The Washington Post article.)

Unemployment Overtakes Subprime Mortgages in Foreclosures:

It's bad enough losing your job or losing your home, but to lose both just smacks of 1932. Today's Washington Post reports that unemployment has now become so severe that more people are being kicked out of their homes because they don't have jobs than are losing their homes because they fell for the subprime con.