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...issue in Iraq rather than figuring out how to get more people over there,” said Brigit M. Helgen ’08, president of the Harvard Democrats. “The proposal was defeated 402-2 in 2003 and I won’t hold my breath for its passage under Pelosi,” added Jeffrey Kwong ’09, president of the Republican Club...
...latest MADD campaign, reported by the New York Times yesterday, is to mandate ignition interlocks for everyone convicted of a drunk driving offense. Over 70,000 ignition interlocks, which force drivers to pass a breath test to start their car and then to periodically re-test while the vehicle is in operation, are already used in some parts of the United States. To date, these have been forced only upon those convicted of driving under the influence (DUI), but legislators in New York are now considering a law that would require all new cars to come with a lock...
...effective in reducing DUI convictions or incidents [after being imposed] for first-time DUI offenders.” (The study did show, however, that the risk of crashing was higher for offenders with a lock installed—perhaps because they were being asked to conduct breath tests while driving.) If the locks have no effect when imposed after a first DUI conviction—which presumably selects for the most likely drunk drivers—what is the chance that they will have an effect if foisted upon millions of people who simply want...
Pinned to the ground, Cardenas audibly tells the officers he can’t breath, all the while being punched repeatedly in the face by the “law-enforcement” officials. The bloodied, disfigured face of Cardenas looking squarely into the YouTuber’s camera-phone only helps to personalize the depravity. Worse still, the FBI, according to the Age, only began investigating the incident after the video was released on YouTube.com, more than a month after the bashing. The LAPD “investigation” had, until then, failed to produce any results despite...
...Western alliance that includes Iran, Syria, Hizballah and Hamas wants to roll back U.S. influence in the Middle East, using Lebanon as the pivot. "Lebanon will be the defeat point for Israel and America," Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatullah Ali Khamenei said last week. The country is holding its collective breath to see whether the demonstrations will escalate. "In the mid-1970s we passed through a similar situation and the country's leaders took us to civil war," recalls Wassef Awada, columnist for the Beirut daily As-Safir. "Will the Lebanese commit suicide again...