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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?

COLUMN: Obama shares blame for Baltimore

WE.CONNECT.DOTS: That racism has not recessed as much as we believe will be part of Barack Obama’s legacy as the 44th President. He deserves the charge because he expended too much of his presidency convincing White America he was one of them while skirting the issues of Black America.

“Ex Machina” and “While We’re Young:” a mechanical woman and a mechanical plot

Robots have always been prominent in filmed science fiction; from Maria in Fritz Lang’s 1926 silent, “Metropolis,” to Robbie, (the Robot) in “Forbidden Planet” to Hal in Kubrick’s “2001, A Space Odyssey” to the gun slinging robot in Michael Crichton’s “Westworld.” And now, as artificial intelligence expands to include robots with the ability to outwit their human creators, comes the inspired and witty “Ex Machina.”