In reforming the city’s marijuana laws, Columbus City Council failed to eliminate penalties and racially unequal enforcement, despite expressing concerns about both. A modified version of this article ran in the Columbus Free Press.
Read MoreBy putting in special fixes for employers who complained to legislators or threatened to contact the media about outrageous and sometimes ruinous increases in their workers’ compensation insurance premiums, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation allowed the illegal rip-off to continue for years. Special interests in the workers’ compensation field were thereby enormously and unlawfully enriched. This article is part 2 of a 2-part series originally published in The Columbus Free Press.
Read MoreA successful class-action lawsuit revealed serious corruption in Ohio’s monopolistic workers’ compensation system. Special interests made huge sums from rigged premium rates for over 15 years, while tens of thousands of employers were financially destroyed or devastated by the wrongdoing. This article is part 1 of a 2-part series originally published in The Columbus Free Press.
Read MoreAfter two employees filed sexual-harassment complaints against a manager in the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, a flawed internal-investigation report and unfair media coverage led to Attorney General Marc Dann’s resignation from office. This matter shows that in judging sexual-harassment complaints, the full story needs to be examined, and not just the charges that anyone could make up. This article was first published by The Columbus Free Press.
Read MoreGov. Ted Strickland and Democratic members of the Ohio House of Representatives didn’t let the Ohio Constitution or other laws stop them in their politically motivated efforts to drive fellow-Democrat Marc Dann from the office of attorney general.
Read MoreRegarding a proposed statewide referendum on a new law restricting adult businesses, some persons have downplayed the issue by saying Ohioans don’t care about strip clubs. While that may generally be true, the referendum involves others matters that Ohioans should care deeply about. This article was printed in several Ohio newspapers in September 2007.
Read MoreThe groups seeking to ban gay marriages and civil unions – and otherwise trying to restrict the freedom of consenting adults – fail to understand what liberty is all about. As long as people don’t harm the person or property of another, they should be free to pursue their happiness in whatever ways they choose.
Read MoreSupporters of capital punishment often argue that death-penalty opponents would change their tune if a family member became a murder victim. Their claim is disproved by the example of Coretta Scott King, widow of Martin Luther King Jr., and many other relatives of murder victims.
Read MoreA federal appeals court was right to declare unconstitutional the phrase “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance. But few in politics or the media bothered to look at the merits of the decision or the harm caused by including “under God” in the Pledge.
Read MoreSome people say the First Amendment’s prohibition on laws “respecting an establishment of religion” prevents only the establishment of a national church. The historical record doesn’t support their view.
Read MoreAs death-penalty opponents often point out, numerous empirical studies don’t support a conclusion that capital punishment deters murder. Similarly, history indicates the death penalty may increase murder rates and other violence in society.
Read MoreAccording to some medical researchers, capital punishment is not the best way to deal with convicted killers. They believe that violence rates are more likely to be reduced by studying violent offenders instead of executing them.
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