Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2011. Members of the US Congress, House of Representatives voted 317 to 98 last week in support of HR 1254, the Synthetic Drug Control Act. The act criminalizes the possession or use of “any substance that is a cannabinoid receptor type 1 agonist” by classifying all such[Read More…]
Opinion
House GOP Spending Bill Laden with Special-Interest, Anti-Environmental Riders
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2011. The House Republican omnibus bill contains anti-environmental riders that do nothing to save taxpayers money. And it is unacceptable. The following is a statement by Scott Slesinger, legislative director of the Natural Resources Defense Council: “This bill continues the House GOP leadership’s attacks on the environment. Must-pass[Read More…]
Turning the Page on Iraq: Assessing Costs of the War and Looking to the Future
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 14, 2011. Today, as President Barack Obama delivers his speech at Fort Bragg to mark the end of the Iraq war this month, the Center for American Progress releases “The Iraq War Ledger” on the human, financial, and strategic cost of the war; “Turning the Page in Iraq”[Read More…]
Audubon Leader Comments on Gulf of Mexico Initiative
New Natural Resources Conservation Service program joins other Gulf of Mexico restoration developments Gerry Ellis – Mississippi Delta Baton Rouge LA–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2011. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service has announced the Gulf of Mexico Initiative, which will deliver up to $50 million in financial and easement assistance over[Read More…]
Government Study Finds Nearly Half of Drug Courts Do Not Reduce Recidivism
Only 18 of 32 Drug Courts Showed Statistically Significant Reduction in Re-Arrest Rates of Drug Court Participants Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2011. The Government Accountability Office last week released a report, in which it finds that only 18 of 32 drug courts – or just over 50% – showed statistically significant[Read More…]
Nurses Top Gallup Poll on Honesty, Ethics – Again
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2011. It’s time to put nurses in the Hall of Fame. For the 12th time in 13 years, nurses have earned top honors in the annual Gallup poll on ethics and honesty. The Gallup organization does a yearly survey asking Americans to rate “the honesty and ethical standards”[Read More…]
GOP Iowa Debate: Candidates Prefer Postville-style Immigration Enforcement
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2011. Just 200 miles northeast of the GOP debate podiums in Des Moines, Iowa, lies the town of Postville, where the embers of destructive “enforcement only” immigration policies supported by Republicans still smolder. About 20 percent of Postville’s population of 2000 was rounded up in a federal[Read More…]
Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile’s Parent Company, Fails to Live Up to Its Claims on Human and Labor Rights, According to New Report
Washington–(ENEWSPF)–Dec. 12, 2011. According to a study released today, Deutsche Telekom, the parent company of T-Mobile USA, failed to meet the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards that justify its self-awarded A+ rating on corporate responsibility. The study, published by the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC), reveals that[Read More…]
Supporting Judge Mat Delort for the Appellate Court
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski I strongly endorse Mat Delort for judge of the appellate court. Here’s why. I have known Mat Delort. I have known him for quite some time. Mat, for a number of years, was our Village Attorney in Park Forest. His goal? To keep the Village of[Read More…]
On Hating Muslims
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Why are some Christians such haters? I know there are other groups that do terrible things, but, face it, some "Christians" win the prize for hate everlasting. Remember Pastor Terry Jones? Remember his press conferences when he threatened to burn the Holy Qur’an? Look, I, and[Read More…]
