Sunday, June 28, 2009

Guest Blogger JaneAnne Murray on Sanford and the Importance of Criminal Defense


What do you mean it has nothing to do with our work, Jan? It involves a sanctimonious law-and-order politician, whose voting record on crime is strongly on the Republican end of the spectrum (though not as bad as some, we’ll grant); it involves an Argentine beauty who will do and say anything to ingratiate herself with a U.S. benefactor; it involves a law-and-order stalwart finally seeing the importance of humility and forgiveness (however temporary); it involves someone who compares himself to King David (who was the same David of David-and-Goliath fame); and it involves potentially a bunch of federal and state crimes . . . But I love your point that this is really a morality tale about putting heterosexual, white men in positions of power (whoever said they had the monopoly on wisdom).

Totally unrelated, the website that gave CLAW its fabulous logo has a whole new program for supporters of Iranian dissidents. I’d make a t-shirt for my son, but the camp he is starting tomorrow has very strict rules about t-shirts – they must wear a plain vanilla one that says “we’ve got that spirit!” . . . whatever that spirit is.