Sex Offenders – Delaware Liberal

Legislative Pre-Game Show-Jan. 12: Demagoguery On 1st Agenda of Session

By El Somnambulo January 12, 201010 Comments

What do you do if you're a politician and you've got nothing but bad news to run on and you're facing re-election? Simple. Conjure up potential 'horribles', create simplistic legislation…

DE’s Sex Offender Registry-Good News/Bad News

By El Somnambulo November 12, 200949 Comments

In one case at least, common sense has finally won out. From today's News-Journal: For the second time this year, the Delaware Supreme Court has found that a person legally…

These Laws Only Apply To The Little People

By Unstable Isotope September 28, 200914 Comments

I don't know how many people have been following the Roman Polanski case this weekend. Roman Polanski, who has been a fugitive from the U.S. for 30 years, was arrested…

Sex Offender Registry: Good Politics=Bad Policy?

By El Somnambulo August 12, 200937 Comments

On Sunday, Read All About It In the Sunday Papers featured this as its lead story: "LEAD STORY-The (UK) Economist: Unintended Consequences of Sex Offenders’ Laws? It is easy for…

Read All About It In the Sunday Papers-BILL ‘This Is A Stupid Country’ MAHER Edition

By El Somnambulo August 9, 20097 Comments

The Beast Who Despairs of His Country's Future is inspired this week by a classic rant from Bill Maher in the Huffington Post. Based on the mouthbreathers who have migrated here…