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Campaign Manager Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement, Tax Evasion Charges
Michael Ian Sohn, of Fairfield, Connecticut, pled guilty to charges related to his embezzlement of campaign funds from the Christopher Shays for Congress Committee. Full Story Available at:Campaign Manager Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement, Tax Evasion Charges Net...
Political Theater with Ham Actors
I should have known better than to listen to the rebroadcast of yesterday’s Toyota hearings on C-SPAN Radio last night. From a point of view of content, it was sufficient to read the statement that Akio Toyoda had released prior to giving his...
The Representation Question (again)
Reading John Nichols’ “post-mortem” analysis (“Bye Bayh“) of Indiana Senator Evan Bayh’s decision to retire has returned me, once again, to why it is that our government continues to be so ineffective, no matter...
US Transfers Guantanamo Bay Detainee to Switzerland
The Department of Justice has announced that a detainee has been transferred from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the Government of Switzerland for resettlement in Switzerland. The Swiss Government, with the support of the Canton of Geneva,...
U.S. Administration Publishes 3 High Value Data Sets As Part of the Open Government Initiative
As part of the Obama Administration’s Open Government Initiative, and in compliance with the Open Government Directive issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli has announced the online publication...
Divided We Fall
It is hard to imagine there being much joy in the White House this morning. The Associated Press headline writer applied the adjective “epic” to the Democratic defeat in the Massachusetts Senate election. The lead paragraphs, in the ...
Nigeria Labour Congress Campaigning for Better Wages in New Year
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the umbrella body of the country’s 29 trade unions has joined the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in a battle to compel the government to review the national minimum wage of workers early in the new year. In a New Year...
Blazing the Trail Or Covering It?
It is clear that the failed terrorist attack on the Delta/Northwest airplane preparing to land in Detroit this past Friday at the end of its flight from Amsterdam demands serious analysis. What is less clear is how seriously that analysis will be...
