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...What does it mean, exactly, when a judge says someone is "unfit" to stand trial...
...Sixteenth Street Church that killed four young black girls and helped to ignite an already smoldering civil rights movement. But while jury selection will begin Monday in Blanton's trial, Cherry's case has been put on hold after presiding judge James Garrett ruled the defendant was unfit to stand trial. The judge's decision sparked debate in Birmingham and around the country - is Cherry getting a bye for his part in one of America's most horrific crimes...
Refusing to engage in this debate casts those who take an opposing position as unfit to join the discussion. Indeed, Orr's column descended into ad hominem attacks on conservatives as frightened, oppressive tyrants, ignoring the possible justifications for their position and focusing on the contingencies, confusions and perhaps baser instincts that might have led them to hold it. These arguments don't convince anyone; all they do is give conservatives a free pass. Attacking those who begin the debate as homophobes, or saying that one is "appalled" by the very investigation of the question, creates an impression that anyone...
...racial gap in test scores is one of the most vexing problems in social science, in part because it opens the door to the whole creepy notion of eugenics. Eugenicists believe that the human species would advance more quickly if it discouraged reproduction among groups deemed unfit--say, those that score poorly on aptitude tests. It's worth noting that the SAT was designed by a psychology professor who became a leading member of the eugenics movement before denouncing it later in life...
...death from cardiovascular disease, while those who were merely overweight and not fit had a 50% increased risk. Since about 60% of U.S. men are overweight or obese, the potential public-health impact of not maintaining normal weight could be enormous. In addition, men who were both obese and unfit were five times (rather than three times, as stated in your story) as likely to die of cardiovascular disease as physically fit men of normal weight. MING WEI, M.D., M.P.H. Plano, Texas...