A Different World

Homeless woman complains of leg pain, kicked out of ER, arrested, later dies from related blood clots

Homeless woman complains of leg pain, kicked out of ER, arrested, later dies from related blood clots

A father responds to his gay 7-year-old

A father responds to his gay 7-year-old

Buying more than one lottery ticket for the $540 million jackpot is the Stupid Investment of the Week

Buying more than one lottery ticket for the $540 million jackpot is the Stupid Investment of the Week

The gated community mentality

The gated community mentality

Spike Lee settles with elderly couple after retweeting their address

Spike Lee settles with elderly couple after retweeting their address

That's great news for that couple who was unduly and unfairly harmed. But it does little to help us move this entire conversation in a different direction. Given that these two parties found a way to quickly get to a settlement, it suggests that they can come together and give a different image to both sides, to turn this thing around.

A moderate, conservative dilemma

A moderate, conservative dilemma

No, President Obama is not coming to steal your house and take all the food out of your fridge

No, President Obama is not coming to steal your house and take all the food out of your fridge

Professor: The most important government limit is the one we fought the American Revolution for

Professor: The most important government limit is the one we fought the American Revolution for

My Trayvon Martin wish

I'll expound on this in a column, likely this weekend, but wanted to put this out there. I wish filmmaker Spike Lee - who foolishly retweeted the wrong address to George Zimmerman's home and caused an elderly couple a lot of headache - has the wisdom to use this moment for good, such as going down to Sanford, Fla., meeting with that couple, treating them to lunch and organizing a joint discussion about race and other such things with them. I made the same type of request during the mess that became the Duke lacrosse rape scandal, calling for the Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson to link arms with the Duke players who were falsely accused to drive home the point about the need for unity and changes in the criminal justice system. That didn't happen, but I hope something good can come out of this Trayvon Martin tragedy, beyond just assuring that a complete investigation takes place. Someone such as Lee can get that ball rolling.

Why the Supreme Court justices won't be crudely political when they rule on the Affordable Care Act

Why the Supreme Court justices won't be crudely political when they rule on the Affordable Care Act