Swords up, ladies.

Republican legislators in five different states have introduced bills that would quell peaceful demonstrations. Here’s an example of one from North Dakota. Motorists can run over and kill a protester blocking access — provided it was an accident. Here’s more on a bill in Minnesota. Legislators should know this will not quiet the demonstrations. If anything, …

Court orders CT to do the right thing by her students

The State Superior Court on Wednesday ordered an overhaul of the way Connecticut educates its children in public schools. Saying the state is “defaulting on its constitutional duty,” Judge Thomas Moukawsher ruled in the 11-year old case that the state’s method of doling out money to school systems around the state is patently gamed to favor wealthier …

An open casket

There is a history of mothers who lose sons too senselessly of insisting on an open casket. Emmett Till’s mother, Mamie, certainly did so. In explaining why she wanted her 14-year old son’s brutalized body to on display, she said: “There was just no way I could describe what was in that box… No way. And I …

My hat is off to the South Carolina legislators

The Confederate battle flag will be removed from their state capitol. SaLUTE!