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| The MAY 8, 2008 EDITION |
Unless otherwise specifically indicated, all contents of this web site, including pictures, are Copyright 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 by Jay B. Gaskill Permission for distribution can be obtained via an email request. JBG |
| GUEST Opinion by Vernon Foster Fatherhood and Oakland's Problems |
San Francisco - Ancient Rome without the blood? HERE Declaration of Independence Full Text The US Constitution Full Text May 6, 2006: The Terror War Continues, but WILL WE? My Survey: Here 3-1-06: Dr. Sultan, a Brave Truth Teller on Al Jazeera: NYT Link Here 12-29-05 Facing the Islamist Imperium will make the cold war seem like a cake walk. Here. Iran means ARYAN in Farsi; About the historic Nazi - Islamist connection: Link HERE April 19, 2006 Mark Steyn: Why Iran is a Nuclear Islamist Empire-in-waiting: HERE 12-28-05 Replacing WMD's as the new paradigm: PTW's. The implications Here Liberte. Egalite, Flambe: Will France survive as France? Here Recalling T Friedman's Insights V.Davis Hanson's. Perspective |
| CRIME & JUSTICE Up From the Basement: A History of My Former Office HERE Turning Around Crime: HERE My Speech to the Sheriff's Adademy: HERE Why Narcotics Should Never Be Legalized HERE Elementary, My Dear Watson Does Capital Punishment Save lives? Here & Here |
| TOO MANY LAWYERS? Read "Lawyers, Fruitflies & Rotting Mangoes" HERE |
| Why This Republic Was & Is "That Brilliant Dream" in PDF only HERE |
| Once Upon Today LINK |
| THE TRUTH IS "OUT THERE" read THE OUT-LAWYER'S BLOG The Best Web Authority on Crime, Criminal Folly & the Trial of the Day |
| JBG's Guide to Epic Orchestral Music HERE Part II HERE |
| What a brutal death penalty murder case I once defended taught me about redemption and the human condition. HERE |
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HOW DO WE EXPLAIN EVIL? A critique of our "modern" and post-modern denial HERE JBG'S Related Essay: Evil & Suicidal Grievance |
| Pope Calvin & Talking Bears HERE |
| The Policy T H I N K S I T E for thoughtful conservatives and realistic liberals Thinking Beyond the Narrowly Partisan About Crime and Justice; Public Protection and Policy; Terrorism, Good and Evil; Religion and Secularism by Jay B. Gaskill Former Public Defender for Alameda County, CA |
WHY WE ARE AT WAR: HERE N. Podhoretz's Definitive Article in Commentary: HERE Norman Podhoretz's 2007 Book, World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism Link HERE |
Secular Steel" Are we disarmed? Click Here |
| Where I was and what I saw on 9-11-01 in Manhattan: A Meditation and Narrative HERE |
The Policy Think Site Host to JBG's 3 Blogs The Human Conspiracy BLOG HERE The Presidency Gamble I The Presidency Gamble II NIE - Iran unpacked HERE The Out-Lawyer's BLOG HERE The Hans Reiser Murder Trial CRIME TIMELINE HERE All posts through 12-22-07 All Posts, Part II, January & February HERE REISER'S TESTIMONY REPRISED- HERE Reiser Sherlock Holmes vs. Twilight Zone HERE\ Conviction Postscript HERE . |
| In Print: Some of JBG's OP- Ed Columns & Letters Letters: Letter to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Letter to The Economist Letter to The Recorder (legal newspaper) Letter: Better arguments, fewer rocks. OP ED COLUMNS My Word: DA is sued for Discrimination My Word : Deterring the Brutal My Word: Saving Oakland My Word: PC Fog My Word: Oakland's Murders, Part 1 My Word: Oakland's Murders, Part 2 My Word: Oakland Reaping... My Word: Iglehart, a Gentle Giant My Word: That German Cannibal My Word: Martha's Defense My Word: (3-5-05) Schiavo's Will San Francisco Chronicle: Jury Profiling Is it Always Bad ? My Word: The Roberts Nomination |
| Music For the Soul Streaming Classical Link 1 (San Francisco) HERE Streaming Classical Link 2 (Seattle) HERE Streaming Jazz Link (San Mateo) HERE Streaming Country Link (Nashville) HERE |
A Case For Ethical Realism HERE 4-29-06: The Case for Overcoming Our Partisan Demons HERE I returned to the WTC for the Memorial Day weekend 06: What I experienced: HERE |
| THE HUMAN CONDITION __________________________________________________________ Will Islam Reform? Here Guns, Germs & Islam: Here Pathogens & Borders Here Five Iraq War Lessons Here Three Questions For the Candidates HERE Sharia vs. Democracy? HERE Fatherless in Oakland by Vernon Foster HERE Bumper Sticker Mind HERE The Child Who Asks You "WHY" HERE Watchmaker in Love HERE Purpose of the Universe? HERE A Free Market in Religion- Implications HERE "I2I: The Dialogic Imperative": HERE Un- INTELLIGENT DESIGN? HERE Is Science up to POLITICAL CLIMATE CONTROL? HERE GALLOWS HUMOR: HERE That German Cannibal HERE and Trial News The Goth Murder Case - Dyleski's Trial HERE The Complete Peterson Case Analysis The Moral Challenge of Radical Islam HERE Populism 101 - The Recurring Paradigm HERE The Restoration of Ethical Boundaries in pdf HERE Ideology vs. Humanity HERE _________________________________________________ WESTERN RELIGION > THE NEW COUNTER-CULTURE > A Physicist & God Here >A Radical Theology For the 21st Century HERE >A Divine Data Port? Here >A Murder Illuminates HERE >A Meditation HERE > "Nicene in-my-head" HERE > "Can Religion Survive? HERE > "The First & Last Messiah - revised - Here > "Struggle for Belief" Here > "Discernment and Belief Here > "One Nation Under God? Here > "Gay Ordination?" Here > "A 21st Century Religious Renaissance? Here > "Why Religion?", Here > "Not a Dead Universe", Here > "Beyond Materialism", Here > "The Real Liberation Theology", Here > "Seeds of Convergence" HERE > "Atheism as Disillusionment" HERE > "Reality of The miraculous" HERE > "Recovering From Disbelief" HERE > "On Approach to G-d" A Method HERE |
Never Again? Not My Problem? HERE |
| JBGLinks HERE |
| LINKS to the top 15 Articles - 70,000 "reads" HERE |
| Site Archive Updated to 5-10-07 HERE |
| Why We are at the Crossroads of Civilization. More...HERE |
| Populism and the 2008 Race HERE |
| PARTISAN POISON? The Attempted McCain Slapdown by the 'Purists' HERE |
| OAKTOWN ON THE ROPES? HERE |
| UNFAIR VIDEO - JBG "INTERVIEWS" Oakland Mayor Dellums about CRIME |
Bridge to Being Blog The Secular & Spiritual Nexus Click Here Recovering from PEAS - the Atheists and Beleivers in conversation HERE Four Graces: HERE Noticing the Invisible God HERE |
| P O L I T I C S, P O L I C Y & All the Rest |
| Hillary's Last Hurrah? HERE |
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| Gaskill's Political Perplexicon HERE |