An argument for beheading or against lethal injection

This article is based on my 2013 article on state-beheading. Read the background here. Beheading is intolerably cruel. Beheading is […]

Is it time to reestablish state-based beheading?

A few days ago John Kruzel published a really fine article at Slate calling for the return of the guillotine. […]

In “Does Jesus commend the killing of children in Mark 7:10?” I argued that this verse (and the surrounding passage, […]

In the this and a following post I’m going to provide answers to some of the questions/comments in “Would Jesus […]

Now I’m slowly getting caught up on some of last week’s comments. In this article I address a comment in […]

The Supreme Court rejected the final appeal for clemency on behalf of Troy Davis. This despite the surprisingly weak eye […]