ends, means, and justice

I had to sit through an hour of talk radio yesterday regarding the Drew case (I didn’t have my cell phone, so I couldn’t call in myself). the host was railing against the Los Angeles prosecutor going after a Missouri woman — “that’s not within his jurisdiction!”
I understand his concern about prosecutorial overreach, but [...]

have I been under a rock? or should I now take refuge under one?

maybe I’m the only person in the world that hadn’t heard of Lori Drew and the MySpace suicide, but her federal indictment for ‘bullying a young girl on the Internet’ was news to me.
I’m not going to comment on the nature of the bullying or the outcome — clearly tragic, bordering on horrific. I’m [...]