Administration Is Rebuffed in a Ruling on Deportation (Or: A Small Win For Due Process)

It’s about time that a U.S. court insisted on transparency when it came to matters of the Bush administration.  Earlier this week, Thomas Vanaskie, a federal judge for Pennsylvania, prevented the government from deporting Sameh Khouzam to Egypt until the government was willing to subject itself to an “independent review” of Egypt’s torture practices.
The case, which will surely be appealed by the Bush [...]

FreshDirect, Low Wages, and Illegal Immigration (Or: Como Se Dice, “You’re Busted In So Many Ways FreshDirect”)

I don’t know how many of you out there used the services of FreshDirect. It started in Manhattan about six or seven years ago as a food delivery service. You go to the freshdirect website, click on the pictures of fresh food that you like, and a few days later, voila, a nice gentleman drops [...]

Princeton, a Landscaper, and a Dog

In Princeton, New Jersey, the dog is King. Not for loyalty or companionship. But for attacking a Honduran lanscaper. Apparently, for certain segments of those in Princeton, the great injustice is not that the eighty-five pound German shepherd has been sentenced to die, but that the dog didn’t kill the Honduran landscaper. [...]