Over at The Epoch Times, our judicious doctor argues against the inconsistency of America’s lame-duck (with an emphasis on lame) president’s commutation of the death penalty for 37 federal prisoners.

Having said all of this, I must admit that, in my heart, I cannot help but feel that, for some crimes and for some criminals, the only appropriate penalty is death. I suspect that this is the case with many abolitionists, too, although they do not like to admit it, even to themselves.