Thanks, Kelo v. City of New London, for green stamping urban renewal.  I mean, the last time it was popular, we were left with urban sprawl, displacement of low income residents, and destruction of historic resources.  Sounds like a win-win situation to me.

cnn.com — Removing body parts from the corpse was an echo of a practice common with saints, whose digits, tongues and organs were revered by Catholics as relics with sacred powers.  There is an irony in Galileo’s having been subjected to the same treatment, since he was persecuted by the Catholic Church for advocating the theory that the earth circles the sun, rather than the other way around.

“Exactly as it was practiced with saints of religion, so with saints of science,” Galluzzi said. “He was a hero and a martyr, keeping alive freedom of thought and freedom of research.