Musings of a modern guy

The Second Amendment of the US Constitution is probably one of the most contentious issues in the US polity. The Amendment covers the right of American citizens to bear arms, and reads thus, “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear […]

Naomi Campbell has been in the news pretty much regularly in the past for reasons other than her modeling; she has been portrayed as having a violent temper and has had to take part in many court cases brought on by former associates, employees, and others after Naomi lost control of her temper and threw […]

Ever since the last polls, the result of which is disputed, Zimbabwe is refusing to settle down. On one side is the ruling party of President Robert Mugabe, who claims that he won the polls, and has all the forces of power on his side. On the other side is the biggest challenger that Mugabe […]

In a decision that shocked the Texas State Government, an appellate court decision on the 22dn of May 2008 threw out the Government action in taking away children from their mothers in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints case, whereby the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services had raided the […]

Dictators are not used to being told ‘no, especially not dictators who control all the levers of power. So it was not too surprising that one fine day a few months back, President and General Musharraf called the Chief Justice of the Pakistani Supreme Court and told him to resign. He has some procedural issues […]

The stand-off between the President and Congress over the firings of the 9 US attorneys is getting murkier, but not unpredictable. Ever since the issue surfaced, and lead to some strong statement from Congress, one knew that it would move this way. Congress would seek to question more White House aides, and at one point, […]