The More Things Change, the More They Remain the Same:

James Bond has a license to kill. Of course, he's white. David Dow chronicles the continued racist and arbitrary nature of the death penalty in the U. S. in today's New York Times. It's been 35 years since this country briefly experimented with a ban on the barbarism of the death penalty, which has historically been used to terrorize minorities. Nothing has changed, especially in Texas where hatred and bullying apparently reign supreme.