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The Washington Post nabs the essence of the issue: “Mr. Putin’s approach has been terribly sly, from the “little green men” who took over Crimea without noticeable military insignia, to the “uprising” in eastern Ukraine of separatist fighters who just suddenly happened to possess anti-aircraft missiles. Mark Galeotti of New York University wrote recently in Foreign Policy that Mr….

Annie Dookham worked in a crime lab. She performed such shoddy work that the evidence in upwards of 40,000 narcotic cases has been put in doubt. When her malfeasance was first discovered in 2012, investigations and grand juries inquiries began. By 2014 a comprehensive investigative report issued and the Massachusetts court system took extraordinary steps…

“I’m sick of it,” Governor Patrick said with a heavy sigh. “I’m sick of unarmed, black men being shot by police.” It would have been much better if the governor said with a heavy sigh: ”I’m sick  of it. I’m sick of unarmed, black men being shot by other black men.” Does Governor Patrick know:“More…

USA Today wrote: “Nearly two times a week in the United States, a white police officer killed a black person during a seven-year period ending in 2012, according to the most recent accounts of justifiable homicide reported to the FBI.”   I thought that could not be correct since it sounded like a lot of killings….

Here’s a quote from the Los Angeles Times editorial about Ferguson Missouri “Even if it turns out that policy and procedure were scrupulously followed in the Ford shooting, it is hard to believe that police cannot refine their encounters with unarmed citizens to avoid the use of deadly force — “ The New York Times…

I watched some of the happenings in Ferguson last night. There were three large groups of people and one small one. The large were the police and the good citizens of Ferguson attempting to keep the peace. The other large group was the media hoping for trouble; the small group was the troublemakers. Around midnight…