Below are the 2 most recent journal entries recorded in barrywep's LiveJournal:

Wednesday, February 1st, 2006
11:47 pm	Alito and the death penalty Tomorrow's headlines say "Alito Breaks With Conservatives". But hold on. He merely refused to overturn a decision staying an execution. First of all, as a devout Catholic, Alito is no doubt sensitive to church doctrine which is opposed to the death penalty. Second, the issue was procedural and, even though the right wing justices ignore the fact, the standard for a stay revolves around the concept of "irreparable injury' and no injury is more irreparable than the death penalty. Although the death penalty barely came up in his confirmation hearing, his prior record is consistent with today's decision: http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F00C12F93B5A0C758DDDA80994DD404482 (2 Comments |Comment on this)
5:43 pm	Crosswords At a relativelty late age i have become obsessed with crosswords. I did them as a kid but avoided them during what I now recognize as the "Maleska Years". I would occasionally do one if I ran out of reading material on a train but that was pretty much it. When I resumed doing them regularly a few years ago while sitting in a long legal mediation i was amazed at how much fun they were. God bless Will Shortz. My main reason for joining livejournal was because so many interesting Cru people belong. I would love to hear from you. (3 Comments |Comment on this)