And — just like that — he’s 32

This little sandy-haired guy — father of seven, recent law school graduate, hard-headed son of a…oh, wait. Never mind that last part — is turning 32 today. He was a much-loved and much-wanted baby who taught me everything I needed to know about unconditional love. This photo was taken on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, at his …

Check out Dodge City, circa 1878

Anti-abortion activists are using public record laws to pry into private medical records

Well, this is new, from ProPublica. From that link: Abortion opponents insist their tactics are generally not aimed at identifying women who have abortions but to uncover incidents involving patients who may have been harmed by poor care or underage girls who may have been sexually abused. They say they are trying to prevent situations …

Gov. Sam Brownback is a tool

And here is his latest work, an executive order sure to allow more discrimination in the Sunflower State. It includes this: General protection of the free exercise of religious beliefs and moral convictions     The State Government is prohibited from taking any action inconsistent with the restrictions placed upon the State Government by the …

Settlement reached in sad, sad Kansas gun case

The attorneys for Elizabeth Shirley have reached a settlement in her case against a Kansas gun dealer. The Baxter Springs dealers sold a shotgun to a straw purchaser — the grandmother of Shirley’s estranged husband — and the estranged husband then used the gun to kill himself and their 8-year old son, Zeus, in 2003. …

Kansas limits welfare recipients to $25 a day

And they can’t spend it on a cruise. What’s the matter with Kansas, I wonder? Curse you, welfare recipients who take cruises! And thanks, Cynical, for the link. And thanks, Sharon, for the illustration.  

Kansas board revokes license of a doctor/colleague of Dr. George Tiller

Read the sad, sad case of Dr. Ann Kristin Neuhaus, a colleague of Dr. George Tiller, the latter of whom was murdered in 2009. After investigating some of the abortions performed at Tiller’s clinic — where Neuhaus provided second opinions required by state law, the state board of healing arts decided that, for instance, Dr. …