The year was 1958. The place was Sherman Hall, a girl dorm and mixed eating hall which was part of the cooperative system at the University of California at Berkeley. The time was just after dinner. And the event was an unknown overweight girl having a birthday and no one celebrating it. I suggested that […]
Advocates push to expand use of medications to treat addiction
USA TODAY: …[Kimberly] Bussey managed to quit long term, however, only after attending a six-month, residential rehab program in 2008. Later, she began taking a medication called buprenorphine, also sold under the brand name Suboxone. Like methadone, buprenorphine eases withdrawal symptoms, decreases drug cravings and dramatically cuts the risk of relapse in people addicted to […]
What really is taking place in Hungary?
This is a Janus-faced post-communist regime where Mr Orbán is just a brand. Obviously Mr Orbán made a lot of compromises and deals to achieve and accumulate what he has today. His regime resembles Venezuela after Chavez – Mr Orbán even praised Venezuela in the 1980s.
KEISLING: Sen. Arlen Specter offered to help investigate the murder of Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Luna
One would think that Luna’s superiors in the U.S. Justice Department, and the broader American government, would be interested in solving Luna’s murder, and would bring his violent killer or killers to justice. His being African-American added concern.
Obama creates three new national monuments
USA TODAY: — Berryessa Snow Mountain in California, a landscape containing rare biodiversity and an abundance of recreational opportunities; — Waco Mammoth in Texas, a significant palaeontological site featuring well-preserved remains of 24 Columbian Mammoths; — Basin and Range in Nevada, an iconic American landscape that includes rock art dating back 4,000 years and serves […]
Attorney general seeks to overturn Wolf death penalty policy
WASHINGTON TIMES / AP: Pennsylvania’s attorney general asked the state Supreme Court this week to nullify Gov. Tom Wolf’s moratorium on executing death row inmates, describing the policy as blatantly unconstitutional and a threat to the justice system. Attorney General Kathleen Kane filed the request Monday in the case of Hubert Lester Michael Jr., on […]
TSUKERMAN: Russian Reaction To Legalizing Gay Marriage in USA
In his interview Yuri Belous presents the describes world events after WWII as a chain of action of the western world programmed to ruin our civilization and especially aimed to the destruction of Russia.
CSDP chose accomplishments over fame and prestige
The year likely was 1999. It was late morning and I was supposedly driving from Lancaster to Altoona, PA on business when I received a phone call from Kevin Zeese. Kevin and I had founded Common Sense for Drug policy (www.csdp.org) after both of us had departed from the Drug Policy Foundation (DPF), he as […]
Office of Attorney General: Attorney General Kane warns consumers about common work-at-home scams.
Advertisements may guarantee high earnings, but most of these offers fail to deliver on their claims.
Vouchers Help Families Move Far From Public Housing
Housing vouchers were created in the 1970s to help poor families and their children escape public housing, but they largely failed to improve the prospects for their recipients. Many of the 2.2 million households that are receiving them at any given moment, particularly minorities, remain clustered in low-income neighborhoods in what amount to virtual housing projects.
Pawlowski, Fleck Shut Down As Feds Close In
PENNSYLVANIA PROGRESSIVE: Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski has suspended his U.S. Senate campaign following a raid on City offices last week by the FBI. Thursday his political consultant Mike Fleck also shut down his firm H Street Consulting. Democrats had recruited Pawlowski to run against Joe Sestak in the Senate primary. Now they, again, have egg […]
German columnist’s supposition is false yet reaches right conclusion
“Neither the eurozone nor Europe is best served by holding on to Greece. “
Germans Forget Postwar History Lesson on Debt Relief in Greece Crisis
NEW YORK TIMES: …As negotiations between Greece and its creditors stumbled toward breakdown, culminating in a sound rejection on Sunday by Greek voters of the conditions demanded in exchange for a financial lifeline, a vintage photo resurfaced on the Internet. It shows Hermann Josef Abs, head of the Federal Republic of Germany’s delegation in London […]
Colorado’s Effort Against Teenage Pregnancies Is a Startling Success
The birthrate among teenagers across the state plunged by 40 percent from 2009 to 2013, while their rate of abortions fell by 42 percent, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. There was a similar decline in births for another group particularly vulnerable to unplanned pregnancies: unmarried women under 25 who have not finished high school…