Today's Opinions

By CHARLES C. HAYNES
First Amendment Center
School officials in Lake City, Arkansas have come up with a novel solution to the fight over prayer at graduation:
No prayer, no graduation.

On May 6, the school board voted to cancel sixth-grade graduation at Lake City’s two elementary schools.

The action came soon after the district received a complaint letter from the Freedom From Religion Foundation objecting to prayers at previous graduations.

Rather than drop the prayers, the district opted to drop the entire ceremony.

I am responding to the individual who questioned the validity of the statements on the Background Check bill that failed in the Senate in my letter that ran May 3.  The only mistake that I made was listing the section as 922 when the proper section was 122(t)(4).  I have copied the exact wording as it is written.  It obviously it does not name Eric Holder in the section of the bill as it needs to apply to whoever the attorney general is at any given time.  The following is the exact wording:

By LEE H. HAMILTON
Center on Congress
When two senators recently got into a spat over whether the Boston Marathon bombings were being politicized, the news was everywhere within minutes.
Reams of commentary quickly followed. In the maneuvering over gun-control legislation, every twist and turn was instantly reported and then endlessly debated.