Amending the Constitution
A columnist on Yahoo! recently posted a list of 7 ways Governor Rick Perry (R-TX) would like to change the Constitution. Of those seven, only two are ones with ...
Author: Kenneth Ballard
Overturning a “Not guilty” verdict
This is one delusion that needs to be nipped in the bud. Plenty of people are under the delusion that a judge can overturn a “not guilty” verdict re...
Crossbeams
On September 11, 2001, the United States was attacked when hijackers crashed two commercial airliners into the “twin towers”: One and Two World Trad...
Creating Jobs 101
In the current unemployment climate, the one piece of empty rhetoric you constantly hear is "creating jobs": "Obama created jobs" "Bush...
Not Guilty – My last word on Casey Anthony
Over the last several days there have been a lot of search terms coming into the blog regarding the fact that Casey Anthony was acquitted: can a not guilty verd...
Debt delinquency and BankRate.com’s misconceptions
At times when I see an article online regarding delinquent debts and debt collections, I often wonder how many of these "experts" have actually been t...
Double jeopardy – momentarily revisiting Casey Anthony
Looking over some of the search engine terms coming into my blog with regard to my article on the Casey Anthony verdict, I’m sobered and concerned at the ...
Divorcing over weight gain
Let’s take a break from talking about politics, religion, the Casey Anthony trial, and everything else to focus on a question about relationships. Let me ...
Revisiting the presumption of innocence
Casey Anthony was charged with the 2008 death of her daughter, Caylee. According to the jury, the prosecution’s case did not compel a verdict of guilty, c...
Relearn and remember — a rant on Independence Day
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776, The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America These words and the signatures at the opposite end of the pa...