Judge Carpenter, Shargel said, “displayed bias that should warrant disqualification and recusal,” by appointing the special prosecutor and then having private, or ex parte, chats, or other communications, with his cats paw, Carluccio.
Hillary Clinton just went left of everyone.
SLATE COLUMN: For the second time in two weeks, Hillary Clinton has surprised progressives. Last week, in the aftermath of rioting in Baltimore, she gave a strong speech on criminal justice reform, endorsing body cameras and police reform, and calling for an end to mass incarceration. On Tuesday, speaking to a group of DREAMers—unauthorized kids […]
On Iran, the Real Divide Between Israel and America
FORWARD COLUMN: …The disagreements inside Jerusalem involve not just tactical decisions but deeper philosophical approaches to national defense. As a citizen army in a nation surrounded by enemies, Israel’s military command sees its primary mission as keeping the country secure and its citizens safe by preventing war. It seeks to do this through a combination […]
California regulators approve unprecedented water cutbacks
AOL: …The State Water Resources Control Board approved rules that force cities to limit watering on public property, encourage homeowners to let their lawns die and impose mandatory water-savings targets for the hundreds of local agencies and cities that supply water to California customers… A survey of local water departments showed water use fell less […]
The Medical Bill Mystery
NEW YORK TIMES: …I have spent the last two and a half years reporting and writing about medical costs, and during that time I have pored over hundreds of patients’ bills. And while I’ve become pretty adept at medical bill exegesis, I continue to be baffled by how we’ve come to tolerate the Kafkaesque stream […]
Op-Ed: Kathleen Kane doing a good job, despite what you read in the papers
The attorney general’s office under Kathleen Kane is doing things it has never done before, things attorneys said could not be done. Yet all I read in the news is that the attorney general and her office are dysfunctional…
China prepare 33 years ahead while U. S. stagnates
An article “China, Pursuing Strategic Interests, Builds Presence in Antarctica” in today’s New York Times helps explain China’s surge ahead and the USA falling behind:
Young Russians Have Fun
Most American reports about events in Russia, including mine, cover events of some negative connotations. Meanwhile, in spite of the economical problems and the war in Ukraine, a lot of young Russians lead a normal life of happy youths.
Global drug policy isn’t working. These 100+ organizations want that to change.
WASHINGTON POST: Last week, a Brookings Institution discussion on international drug policy began with the premise that “no policy has failed as badly in the past 30 years as drug policy,” according to moderator and former Mexican ambassador to the U.S. Arturo Sarakhan in his opening statement. But now a group of non-profit organizations are […]
Police Rethink Long Tradition on Using Force
NEW YORK TIMES: … Dennis Tueller, the instructor in that class more than three decades ago, decided to find out. In the fall of 1982, he performed a rudimentary series of tests and concluded that an armed attacker who bolted toward an officer could clear 21 feet in the time it took most officers to […]
F & M graduate, long time Lancaster resident, Hollywood screenwriter and director, and ‘Santa Monica Reporter’ Dan Cohen may soon be ‘best seller’ author
“This is the most thrilling and gripping war memoir you will ever read”—Colonel Jack Jacobs, U.S. Army (Ret) NBC news commentator and recipient of the Medal of Honor.
LNP editors call for Kathleen Kane’s resignation: A rush to judgment
Finally and most bizarre “She accused Corbett of having slowed the Jerry Sandusky prosecution for political purposes, but an investigation found no evidence to support her charge.” The promise to investigate, for which there was ample supportive indications, was made on the campaign trail, not when attorney general. This she did. An AG looks for sufficient evidence to indict, not whether or not what took place was likely. How silly can the editors get?
After years of tension, anti-American sentiment ebbs in Pakistan
WASHINGTON POST: …Those observers say the change is being driven by a Pakistani middle class that is now more supportive of American drone strikes — which have declined precipitously in recent years — particularly since a school massacre by the Taliban that killed about 150 students and teachers in December. And as conflict spreads in […]
Panera Bread to Drop at Least 150 Artificial Ingredients From Menu
WALL STREET JOURNAL: …The sandwich-and-salad chain, which has nearly 1,900 restaurants in the U.S. and Canada, plans to eliminate ingredients such as fat substitutes and propylene glycol, a preservative used in consumer products as diverse as deodorant and electronic cigarettes. It has been working on the plans since 2012, and already has cut ingredients like […]