The U.S. Supreme Court has been petitioned to hear the case of Baby Veronica, who was returned by her white adoptive parents to her Cherokee biological father under the jurisdiction of the Indian Child Welfare Act.
Our public officials have trained us to take everything they say with a healthy dose of skepticism, and on a matter as sensitive as a head injury followed by denials of any neurological symptoms, I'm not sure why we would or should unquestioningly accept the word of any politician.
Even if President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner end up swerving at the last minute, the fiscal cliff still wins as this year’s top economic story.