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...charred wood, fat cats and old cloth fills the air. Christina, now nearing 70, does not let anyone see how she moves about, stubbornly refuses to use a wheelchair. "Andy's a very good friend," she says. "I like to pose for him. He talks a great deal when he paints, but he doesn't talk nonsense." She does not talk nonsense either. Despite her painful loneliness, she is dignified, proud and intelligent...
...even attempt to enforce it. Their line of reasoning here is faulty. Police are not hired to legislate, but to enforce legislation. One concern voiced by Wayne Sampson, executive director of the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association—that state law prohibits officers from demanding identification when dealing with civil infractions—is simply not true. Other worries, including those such as who will print the physical tickets, that current citation books lack a check-off box for marijuana possession, or that officers will be unable to identify “an ounce,” are simply...
...like education reform, tax cuts and the expansion of Medicare. Maybe he was right to pass by the collapse of the economy with less passion than he devoted to the story of the father of a Marine killed in Iraq. He could hardly be accused of making a big deal about nonwar matters when he summed up the current crisis in a single sentence: "These are very tough times for hardworking families, but the toll would be far worse if we had not acted...
...rest of Obama's stimulus will be New Deal-style government spending on needed goods and services, often with modern twists. That means smart meters and weatherization programs to prevent wasting energy; transmission lines and solar panels to promote alternative energy; green school buildings and sewage-treatment plants; wetlands restoration in the Everglades and coastal Louisiana; repairs for aging dams, bridges and airports - plus broadband networks, research, job training and, as Obama has suggested, anything else that seems like a good idea. This is an ideal time for the government to spend money on infrastructure, because labor and equipment...
...sticks to those lines, he should be able to walk nimbly between his inquisitors when it comes to the handling of DOJ's recent past and immediate future. But inevitably, once politics are out of the way, the Senate will turn to Holder's record, which is a good deal more complicated than his rhetoric...