Q&A: Mary Bonauto reflects on High Court’s gay-marriage ruling
By Marcia Coyle, The National Law Journal As the aftermath of such U.S. Supreme Court rulings as the 1954 school desegregation and 2008 Second Amendment cases show, landmark decisions rarely mark the end of litigation. Lawyers like Mary Bonauto, who…
Gadget of the week
Jawbone’s new $200 UP4 doubles as an American Express Card By Greg Kumparak From techcrunch After a few delays, Jawbone’s UP3 fitness tracker is finally set to hit the delivery trucks early next week. And yet… it already has a…
Tears and anger at funeral of ‘police chokehold victim’ Jonathan Sanders
By Matthew Teague in Stonewall, Mississippi From The Guardian ‘We have a bad history with the police here … Believe and trust me: we have a problem here’ says mourner at service for Mississippi African American man Mourners packed into…
Sandra Bland: Who was she, and what happened to her in a Texas jail?
By Henry Gass From The Christian Science Monitor Sandra Bland was about to start a new job and a new life in Texas last week when she was pulled over. The traffic stop turned violent and she was arrested. Three…
Trickle down economics does not work
By Bernard Moffatt From IOM Today About 30 years ago the Isle of Man Government rolled out its ‘master plan’ for the future. We were told by Miles Walker MHK (then Chief Minister) that the island was to become a…
quadruple BMX backflip
First ever death-defying quadruple BMX backflip captured on video By Chris Smith From BGR First BMX Quadruple Backflip Stunt Video Image Source: Screenshot / YouTube Riding a BMX bike might be an easy task for anyone who knows how to…
UK High Court rules data collection unlawful—for now
By Zach Warren, From Legaltech News The judges suspended the law’s disapplication until March 2016 to let government ‘legislate properly,’ and another bill could soon be on its way. The United Kingdom’s expansive surveillance laws are taking a back seat—for…
Sweet drinks tax and the health of a nation
By Sir Henry Fraser From CARIBBEAN360 If it were totally up to me, I would raise the cigarette tax so high the revenues from it would go to zero. – Michael Bloomberg (New York mayor) BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Monday July 20,…
The Gold Cup and what’s wrong with it!
By G. de Gourville From EverySport The CONCACAF Gold Cup has been in existence since 1991 and since 1993 the tournament has been a joke around the world of Soccer for good reason. As a native of the North American…
Rev. Jesse Jackson visits the Memorial ACTe in the Guadeloupe Islands
NEW YORK, July 20, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — During his five-day visit to the French Caribbean archipelago of Guadeloupe, American Civil rights leader and Baptist minister, Reverend Jesse Jackson, toured the “MEMORIAL ACTe,” the world’s largest museum dedicated to the Memory…
