“Lawmakers vow to execute child rapists” Really? With their bare hands? What courage these lawmakers show in standing up to the pro-child rape lobby. This does remind me of the fundmental problem with the death penalty, though. It assumes the state – the same state that can’t deliver the mail or win a war or build a working levee – is competent to provide a proper trial. I endured a speech recently from a “libertarian” GOP candidate who, when asked about the dealth penalty was full of bravado in favor. I pointed out that a neighboring county had recently overturned … Continue reading My favorite headline from today: