Dallas Police arrested a man on drug charges over a year ago. Too bad the cops’ informant was lying. He’s since recanted, so why is this man still in jail? Read the Dallas Morning News story. This story also got play on NPR this morning. Texas is looking pretty foolish right now what with Dallas…
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Heart Transplant Patient’s Widow Sues
The widow of a volunteer for an experimental artificial heart is suing the manufacturer and hospital involved. Read the AP story on Yahoo.com. Interestingly, the basis for the suit is not pain and suffering but the “inconvenience” of being examined repeatedly. What is not discussed in the article is the patient’s previous condition. Did he…
Sniper Hypes Gun Control
By now, everyone in America knows about the D.C. area sniper. Read the CNN.com story. In a political slap, Democrats today said Republican movement on gun control was due to their physical cowardice overcoming political stakes in the ground. Meanwhile, interesting stories abound in regards to the issue. Read one story on CNN.com. In a…
Daylight Wasting Time
One of the bane’s of my existence, in an obviously otherwise charmed life, is nearly upon us: the falling back to non-daylight savings time. I despise the fall-back to waking up in broad daylight and driving home in the darkness. Seems I’m not the only one. Indeed, it’s not just a few crackpots who can’t…
CEO Salaries Criticized
Exorbitant CEO salaries were criticized recently by a man who should know: Andy Grove of Intel. Read the Washington Post story in the Houston Chronicle The skyrocketing compensation for these figureheads has been commented upon by this website before. There’s little question that CEO’s rewards are disproprtionate to their contributions at most companies. Thumbs up,…
Anti-U.S. Parties Gain in Pakistan
Religious zealots look to be winning substantially more of Pakistan’s equivalent of Congress. Read about it on NSMBC.com. Obviously this is bad news. President Gen. Pervez Musharraf will have his work cut out for him to keep that country moving in the right direction. There are two things to think about in this. First, for…
Carter Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Former President Jimmy Carter has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Read about it on MSNBC.com. For a man marked by a terrible presidency, Carter has made a much greater impact on the world out of office. He deserves the award. On the other hand, Gunnar Berge, the Nobel committee chairman, deserves a New York…
Convicts Voting Rights
Should ex-cons be allowed to vote? On such Floridian thinks so. Read the Washington Post story. Those interested in law and order must necessarily shudder at what and whom this demographic would vote for. But do they have the right to vote? It seems that if they have indeed paid their debt to society, this…
NASA’s Glory Days
Dave Scott recently re-capped his Apollo 15 space flight on-line. Read the CollectSpace.com article. One has to wonder where the can-do, American spirit has been the last three decades. NASA is an embarassment, not for its mistakes, but for its complete lack of support from within Congress and from the American people at large. Recently,…
High Court Allows NJ Senate Sleight of Hand
The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to hear the case regarding the Democratic candidate swap in the New Jersey Senate rate. Read about in on Yahoo.com. One presumes the black eye many perceive the Court to have received over ending Al Gore’s perpetual re-count strategy two years ago to have been a factor in this…