Religion & Law

Palin and Jews For Jesus Speaker Both Clarify Their Views
As Sarah Palin's religious views are closely scrutinized by the media, last week remarks of a guest speaker at her Wasilla church were widely circulated. Jews for Jesus executive director, David Brickner spoke there, and his remarks were characterized as suggesting that conflict in the Middle East was a punishment for Israel's not accepting Jesus...

Palin Accused of Attempts to Ban Books from Public Library
Unlike so many things being thrown at her, this seems like an entirely appropriate basis for criticism. From here: … Shortly after taking office in 1996 as mayor of Wasilla, a city of about 7,000 people, Palin asked the city’s head librarian about banning books...

Sarah Palin and Tax Policy
Mother Jones: Sarah Palin and Taxes, by Kevin Drum: [O]ne of the first things Palin did after she took office was to propose a big tax increase that included a windfall profits tax on the oil industry...

Noonan on Palin: The rest of what was said, and what she thinks
You can rely on remarks wrenched badly out of context from a recording made of her unguarded remarks on an open microphone. Or you can read the rest of what Peggy Noonan said, and what she really thinks, about Sarah Palin's nomination...

The Democrats Palin Strategy: A Bridge to Nowhere!
On August 31, I argued that, in order to counter John McCain, the Democrats needed to respond seriously to Sara Palin and engage her public policy record and political ideology (http://dissentingjustice...

Palin Criticized From the Right Before Criticism Was Withdrawn
The religious right's love affair with Sarah Palin didn't prevent Leslee Unruh, president of the National Abstinence Clearinghouse, from questioning whether Palin has strayed too far from a centerpiece of religious right orthodoxy...

State Farm Class Actions
Policy Holders Settle

Wal-Mart
Faces Class Action over Return Policy

Canceled Insurance
Judge orders Health Net Inc. to pay $9 million settlement after terminating a policyholder's policy after being diagnosed with breast cancer.