Politics
States Struggle With National Sex Offender Law
Most states are continuing to voice their objections to what the federal law expects of them. It is expected that states will continue to press Congress for more discretion about which offenders to place on the three-tiered national registry, and for how long.
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Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett signed a bill last month making Pennsylvania the 16th state to comply with the federal act aimed a… more »
FactCheck.org: The Whoppers of 2011
One independent liberal group posted a widely seen Internet video of a man pushing a white-haired woman in a wheelchair to the edge of a scenic cliff and dumping her over it. It ends by asking, “Is America Beautiful without Medicare?” That bogus claim was found by our sister site, “FlackCheck.org,” to be among the “Worst of the Worst” of 2011. more »
Pro Publica's Guide to the Best Coverage of Newt Gingrich and His Record
"Gingrich's vagueness was always a problem. But the books show something more: a near-total lack of interest in the political implementation of his grand ideas — a lack of interest, finally, in politics at its most mundane and consequential level." more »
The Moral Test by Donald M. Berwick
"Our quest — for health care that is just, safe, infinitely humane, and that takes only its fair share of our wealth — our quest may not be as magnificent as the quest for human rights or for a sustainable earth, but it is immensely worthy. You stand, though you did not choose it, at the crossroads of momentous change — at the threshold of majesty. And — frightened, fortunate, or both — you now have a chance to make what is possible real." more »