Barack Obama E-mail Reeks of Fear, Desperation

After reading the text of an e-mail (Message from David Plouffe: ‘What you just saw’) sent by Barack Obama campaign manager David Plouffe to supporters at 2:44 a.m. Eastern today, I must conclude that Sarah...

Food - The Ultimate Weapon

"Using food as a weapon is as old as the siege but today’s barbarians have upped the anté by several orders of magnitude.“…There are only two possible ways in which a world of 10 billion...

Courthouse denies entry to Sikh man wearing kirpan

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorI put it this way, if you sleep with it, make love with it, shower with it, take a hot dump with it, fine,maybe we can allow it, but again reasonable accomodation for some...

Supreme Court: Police Liable for Inadequate Work

Jason Hill was charged with a crime he did not commit and after his conviction survived 20 months in jail before the gaping holes in the case presented against him were revealed.  The decision today by the...

Slow week on the motu proprio front

Fqther John Zuhlsdorf notes an unhelpful Marco Politi article that discusses the motu proprio in La Reppublica today.  The only other thing I've seen in the last couple of days is that Cardinal Ricard had an audience of the Holy Father yesterday, I think, or perhaps...

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from