Reacting to the tensions in Baltimore with an idiosyncratic approach to empathy

This week residents of Baltimore protested both police brutality and poverty conditions in mostly black inner-city neighborhoods Also the burrito chain Chipotle enormously popular as a slightly more expensive option than poor-folk McDonald rsquo s announced it would limit its use of ingredients

Civic improvement always has its victims.

Don’t hold your breath waiting for Freddie’s Law.

It's offensive to say Bostonians oppose the death penalty because it is not cruel enough.

Majority say that protecting gun rights is more important than controlling gun ownership.

Newt Gingrich calls for a doubling of the budget for the National Institutes of Health.

Jurors must not use the defendant’s ethnicity or religious beliefs against him.

Soak the rich, the sinful, the spendthrifts or the tourists

Keeping welfare recipients away from nail salons does nothing to foster independence.