Policy
NSA: Responding to FOIA Requests Would Help "Our Adversaries"
Everything you want helps the enemy
States Promise Quick Action After Voting Rights Act Ruling
No longer have to seek federal permission to change voting laws
FTC Tells Search Engines to Clearly Distinguish Between Ads and Search Results
FTC cracking down on a free service
NSA Responds to FOIA Request about Personal Information: It Would Help Our Enemies
Government as obsessed about enemies as any paranoid-scizophrenic
New York City Council Considering Police Reform Bills
One would establish an Inspector General, the other would allow minorities to sue police for racial profiling
What About Zero Tolerance For Cops?
Instead of suspending kids for fake guns, how about firing police officers for being unqualified to wield real ones as a job?
George Zimmerman's Excuse
Why do critics of "stand your ground" laws keep resorting to a phony example?
Bloomberg City Aide Sent to Nevada to Lobby About Gun Issues
That's an odd use of city staff
Report: IRS Official Awarded $50 Million in Contracts to Friend of Official
Investigators say it they were fraudulently administered
Jury Shown Images of Trayvon Martin's Body
Big question is to whether Zimmerman followed Martin or not
St. Louis Stops Auditions for Street Performer's Licenses
In the midst of being sued over program
IRS Credit Cards Used for Host of Inappropriate Purchases
Wine, romance novels and porn. Who says IRS employees are cold and heartless?
Edward Snowden Doesn't Like Authoritarian Regimes—He's Trying To Avoid Prison
Given what awaits him back in the U.S., we should not be surprised by Snowden's recent travel choices.
FDA Gives Approval to Two New Cigarettes
First time they've approved a new product since 2009, when they were granted regulatory authority
Obama Gives Possibility of Approval for Keystone Pipeline
If it doesn't "significantly" increase carbon pollution
LAPD Locks Down Community over Police Shooting
Two officers ambushed at police station, lightly injured
Judge Gives Mental Hospital Six More Weeks to Evaluate James Holmes
Won't delay the trial of the accused Aurora shooter, he says
Study: Charter School Students Improving Faster Than Peers in Public Schools
Poor students, minorities doing best
Supreme Court Rules Adoptive Parents Don't Have to Return Native American Child to Biological Father
Law favors the biological parents in cases involving tribal areas
Greek Prime Minister Says Saving Greece is the "Overriding Ideology" of His Government
Democratic Left party left the coalition last week
Petition Calling For Edward Snowden To Be Pardoned Will Get White House Response
Passed the 100,000 mark
Nigeria Executes First Prisoners Since 2006
There are an estimated prisoners 1,000 on death row
Gabrielle Giffords Planning Gun Tour
Hoping to get some Senators to change their minds on gun control