On biometrics and the politics of a national ID card I find myself in total agreement with Bert Knab at the Glass Houses blog on why a national ID card is a bad idea and biometric...

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Grits for Breakfast

Weekend link dump for March 14 Get your brackets ready, it’s almost Madness time. I join in the call for the FDA to overturn the lifetime ban on donating blood by...

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Off the Kuff

2 Americans killed in drive-by shooting in Mexico Three people with ties to the American consulate in a drug-plagued Mexican city were killed in a drive-by shooting, a U.S. official said...

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Houston Chronicle

Lack of votes threatens health care overhaul Entering a "climactic week for health care reform," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs predicted House passage, despite the GOP's promise...

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Houston Chronicle

Details emerge of new Texas Office of Capital Writs I received a press release notifying me of this interview with one of the organizers of Texas' Office of Capital Writs which is scheduled...

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Grits for Breakfast

Dallas DA should pursue removal petition against allegedly corrupt constable I'd written earlier that the US Attorney should step in to prosecute allegations of wrongdoing by Dallas County constables if District...

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Grits for Breakfast