In what sounds like the plot of a thriller, a woman jailed for a series of armed robberies based on statements by eye-witnesses was later released when police concluded that the eye-witnesses were lying and she'd been elaborately framed by … Continue reading
According to this blog entry on The Washington Post's website, a coalition of religious leaders from organizations as diverse as the Episcopal Church, the Salvation Army, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and the National Association of Evangelicals met with … Continue reading
(This post was originally published in 2011. See below for updates.) As you probably know, when Bill Clinton left office, the budget was in surplus and both the White House and the Congressional Budget Office projected that the external U.S. … Continue reading
According to an article in Britain's conservative Daily Telegraph newspaper, former Fox News star Glenn Beck said on his radio program, speaking about the summer camp where a murderer killed numerous children, "There was a shooting at a political camp, … Continue reading
There's a very interesting graphic here that makes a point more people should know: Policies introduced under President Obama are projected to have a total net cost of $1.44 trillion over fiscal years 2009-2017. For comparison, policy changes under his … Continue reading
A few years ago, still photographer Vincent Laforet began shooting films with digital SLR cameras that have video recording capabilities. Here's one shot with the Canon 7D (similar to the T3i and 60D) that I particularly like, because in just … Continue reading
I'm late (again) mentioning this, but Steve Benen at The Washington Monthly (one of the best political bloggers going) posted something June 25 that seriously deserves to be read. In it, Benen points out that prominent conservatives have a remarkably … Continue reading
Dan Ariely is an economist at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business who has done some interesting recent research on the public understanding of wealth inequality among Americans along with Michael I. Norton at the Harvard Business School. I won't … Continue reading
I'm a little late getting around to this, but back on May 6 of this year former Senator Alan Simpson (R-Wyoming) appeared at an Investment Company Institute program, also broadcast on C-SPAN, to discuss the recommendations of the National Debt … Continue reading
As I wrote yesterday, Apple, the computer and consumer electronics company, is currently trying to get the federal government to give it special $4 billion tax break even as its balance sheet shows it siting on nearly $47 billion of … Continue reading