DRUG WAR CHRONICLES: When — despite the objections of medical groups, reproductive health advocates, and even the drug czar’s office — Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) signed into law Senate Bill 1391 late last month, the Volunteer State became the first in the nation to pass a law criminalizing pregnancy outcomes.
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Jeb Magruder, 79, Nixon Aide Jailed for Watergate, Dies
NEW YORK TIMES: “I could hear the president talking to him,” he said, “and it was simply, you know, ‘John, we need to get that information on Larry O’Brien, the only way we can do that is through Liddy’s plan, and you need to do that.’ Nixon was saying we want Liddy to break into the Watergate.”…
Snowden is the kind of guy I used to recruit in Russia
POLITICO Column: …For those who believe that the United States should step back from its engagement from the world, toning down our robust national security and dramatically shrinking our defense and intelligence community, Greenwald’s rationale and Snowden’s behavior might appear to vaguely honorable.
The phony source of comments on Russian Internet
When I read publications on Russian Internet I often pay more attention to readers’ comments then to articles themselves. I assume that the comments at least partially reflective of the moods of the Russian people. Very often these comments are shocking.
EU Court backs “right to be forgotten,’ orders Google to take down links
The court found that under European law, the rights of people whose privacy has been infringed outweighed the general public interest. It said individuals have a right to control over their private data, especially if they are not public figures.
Keep voter ID in its grave
But like a gambler caught up in a losing streak, Gov. Corbett can’t bring himself to just walk away. Instead, he sends mixed signals. He said Thursday that he won’t appeal the Commonwealth Court ruling in January, which is good.
Antarctic glaciers melting ‘past point of no return’
The likely result: a rise in global sea levels of 4 feet or more in the coming centuries, says research made public Monday by scientists at the University of Washington, the University of California-Irvine and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
LETTER: FCC under seize in protest for equal Internet access
The FCC proposed ending one of the great things about the Internet — equal access to all. The chairman proposed a tiered system based on fees.
INTELLIGENCER JOURNAL NEW ERA
“McCaskey High School in the School District of Lancaster ranked 20th on the listing of the most rigorous high schools in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Governor Faces an Uphill Battle for a Second Term
…Democrats are hammering at what they call Mr. Corbett’s $1 billion cut to education. Polls, including one by Quinnipiac University, show education is a top concern of voters, after jobs and the economy.
I am your friend. Vote for me.
I will always fight for you against big businesses, polluters, banks and insurance companies. Ignore the fact that most of my campaign funds come from these sources.
London School of Economics Report Calls for New Approaches to Drug Policy
DRUG WAR CHRONICLES: A report from the London School of Economics released Monday night outlines the enormous negative outcomes and collateral damage from the war on drugs and calls for new, evidence-based approaches to drug use and the drug trade.
The Polarized Court
That 5-to-4 split along partisan lines was by contemporary standards unremarkable. But by historical standards it was extraordinary. For the first time, the Supreme Court is closely divided along party lines…
Voter ID: Failure of nonfeasance
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW Editorial: The Corbett administration apparently can’t walk, govern and chew gum at the same time. And the Pennsylvania Legislature doesn’t appear to be any more coordinated.