Cardinal Roger M. Mahony
In the wake of the unexpected resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, there has been much public discussion over whether Cardinal Roger M. Mahony, the former archbishop of Los Angeles, should be allowed to take part in the conclave in Rome that will select the next pope.
What, in the name of God, is the problem?
TSA
The latest ham-fisted outrage from the Transportation Security Administration occurred February 8 when officers manning the security line at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport demanded that three-year-old, wheelchair bound Lucy Forck, who suffers from spina bifida, submit to a complete body pat-down and have her wheelchair screened separately. This was Lucy’s first flight, and she and her mom and dad were on their way to a long-anticipated trip to Disney World. First thing the officials did was take away her stuffed animal and make her cry. The reason we even know about this is because her mom Annie Schulte shot cell phone video of the incident and courageously posted it online. A TSA official at the scene told her it was illegal to tape the event. It is not.
Suzann Collins & Sedley Alley
In the photo insert of our new book, LAW & DISORDER, there are facing pictures of Suzanne Marie Collins on the left and Sedley Alley on the right. The image of Ms. Collins is an official U.S. Marine Corps photograph, a portrait taken just after she completed boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina in August 1984. With a waving Stars and Stripes in the background, the trim, light-haired eighteen-year-old beauty is in her uniform and eagle, globe and anchor cap, smiling at her hard-won accomplishment. She hoped her future endeavors in the corps would lead to her twin dreams: to graduate from the Naval Academy and be part of the first class of female Marine fighter pilots.
Instead, in eleven months she would be dead.
