Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 18, 2010. Rep. Mark Souder (R-Indiana), perhaps the most fanatic opponent of sensible marijuana laws in the U.S. Congress, announced that he is resigning this morning amid revelations that he had an affair with a 45-year-old staffer. Souder, who was preparing to run for his ninth term in[Read More…]
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Broad Coalition Urges Attorney General To Leave Miranda Warnings Intact
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—May 18, 2010. A broad coalition of human rights, religious and civil liberties groups sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder yesterday urging him to reconsider his call to Congress to “modernize” the public safety exception to Miranda warnings for terrorism suspects. Miranda warnings, ruled by the U.S. Supreme[Read More…]
Reflections After a Tuesday Morning, I-57 Texting-While-Driving Related Accident
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski A driver passing an accident on I-57 shared something he overheard from an officer at the scene. The driver I spoke with said he was driving on I-57 when traffic slowed to a crawl passing the scene of an accident. He rolled down his window as[Read More…]
AARP Report Finds Largest Brand Name Drug Price Spike in Eight Years
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 17, 2010. A new AARP Rx Watchdog report finds consumers were hit with nearly ten percent increases in brand name drug prices over the twelve-month period ending in March of this year. The 9.7 percent jump in manufacturer prices for brand name drugs widely used by people in Medicare[Read More…]
Jewel-Osco: Where Have All The People Gone?
Brief Commentary By Gary Kopycinski I ran to Jewel-Osco Sunday before mass for dish detergent, and left with everything but. After forgetting the item I really needed, I debated on waiting for a cashier, or trying to negotiate one of the so-called “self-checkout” lanes. Been there before, and the self-checkouts[Read More…]
Don’t Make Me Laugh, They Might Sue You
Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director What is it about humor that all too often results in situations that decidedly are not a laughing matter? Free speech in comedy attracts controversy as well as belly laughs, and in the case of two[Read More…]
Arizona’s War on Immigrants
By Dahr Jamail t r u t h o u t | Review Most immigrants are economic refugees," Bob Kee explained as we drove across the rolling arid hills of south-central Arizona towards the border of Mexico. "US policy in the post-9/11 world states that the government knew there would[Read More…]
‘No Religious Test’ Should Mean No Religious Test
Commentary By Charles C. Haynes Director, Religious Freedom Education Project Editor’s note: This commentary originally appeared May 11 on The Washington Post‘s Web site. Reprinted by permission. Q: If Elena Kagan is confirmed to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens, the Supreme Court would for the first time in its[Read More…]
Buchanan Complains That With Kagan, Supreme Court Will Have Too Many Jews
Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– From Pat Buchanan’s May 14 syndicated column (emphasis added): Indeed, of the last seven justices nominated by Democrats JFK, LBJ, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, one was black, Marshall; one was Puerto Rican, Sonia Sotomayor. The other five were Jews: Arthur Goldberg, Abe Fortas, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Stephen[Read More…]
White House 2010 National Drug Strategy Calls For Expansion Of Per Se ‘Drugged’ Driving Laws
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2010. The 2010 edition of the White House National Drug Control Strategy, released this week, calls on states to enact laws criminalizing motorists who drive with the residual presence of drug or inactive drug metabolite in their body. “Fifteen states (editor’s note: actual total is 17) have[Read More…]
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