Every city takes pride in significant achievements that help define their community; for Chicago, going 24 hrs without a murder is a milestone that requires a celebration. This milestone was so impressive that a news conference was necessary to share the pride as you can read here. I guess the police are pushing the...
Failure to cry, or crying that was not deemed genuine, is resulting in six month terms in labor camps according to this story. When their ‘Dear Leader’ died, North Korean citizens were ‘encouraged’ to join in public displays of mourning for their leader. If they did not join, or did not participate fully, they...
Growing up, one of my mother’s favorite sayings was “The road to hell is paved with good intentions”. I understand the wisdom of these words more each day; thanks mom. Part of what she was describing can also be referred to as the law of unintended consequences. The mayor of Newark, New Jersey, as...
We are watching a slow motion train-wreck as the State of California ponders the fate of the Bullet Train project designed to take passengers from Los Angeles to San Franciso. Dan Walters writes about the latest budgets and business plans in the Sacramento Bee. Depending on the projections you read, the projected cost has...
