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New Cut from Jackson Browne CD “Just Say Yeah”
Sarah Palin’s Troopergate Vs. Bill Clinton’s Troopergate
Dahlia Lithwack at Slate has this hilarious comparison of Sarah Palin’s Troopergate and Bll Clinton’s Toopergate. For me the so-called latest Troopergate scandal, saga, or whatever one might consider it, just brings back post-traumatic stress memories of covering the first … Continue reading
Special prosecutor a possibility as U.S. attorney and DOJ politicization probes reach into the White House?
I have two new stories on the Huffington Post– one this evening and one from yesterday– about the various investigations being conducted within the Department of Justice of the firings of nine U.S. attorneys and the politicization of the Department. … Continue reading
Baseball: The Red Sox unloading Manny Ramirez?
Manny Ramirez going to the Florida Marlins?; if the trade is made the Red Sox will get Jason Bay. If he replaces Ramirez, Bay will bring speed, defense, a better than average arm, and youth (he’s 29) to the Sox. … Continue reading
President Bush asserts executive privilege rather than turn over Cheney’s FBI interview regarding Valerie Plame
President Bush today asserted executive privilege rather than turn over to Congress the FBI interview of Vice President Cheney as to what he knew about the leaking by his Cheney’s own chief of staff, I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby and other … Continue reading
In Memory of Spc. Nicholas Peters and the other Kelly Park boys
Somerville, Mass, June 28, 2008– The rules are simple enough for the kids playing in the stickball tournament this morning in Kelly Park: There are to be three people to a team. There are four innings per game. Two outs … Continue reading
DOJ Official Who Took the Fifth Fired
Last week, when the House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform held a hearing into the politicization of the Department of Justice’s quarter of a billion dollar grant program, one DOJ official, Michelle DeKonty, refused to testify, citing her Fifth … Continue reading
The Price of Political Favoritism and Cronyism: Lost Lives and Teenage Suicides
In the broader scheme of things, the Justice Department’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is a fairly obscure agency. By law its core missions are to decrease the disproportional numbers of minority children incarcerated, prevent teenage delinquency, … Continue reading