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...agents took up the convicted sailors' cause after Frank Stokes, a 30-year veteran of the FBI who specialized in violent crimes, first looked at the case three years ago. Stokes felt the convictions were obviously a miscarriage of justice and asked one of the case lawyers to speak to the Richmond chapter of the Society of Former Special Agents, many of whom signed the letter to Governor Kaine. "It is the most egregious thing I've seen," says Stokes...
...Epstein passed away last Wednesday. He was 84. Epstein taught generations of medical students during his more than 30 years at Beth Israel. He was known to ask difficult questions during rounds, but was beloved by his colleagues and students. “In every way Frank exemplified the ideal physician, investigator, teacher, and scholar. He was a superb scientist with an incisive ability to probe the essence of any research question,” Mark L. Zeidel, chair of the Department of Medicine at Beth Israel, wrote in an e-mail sent to hospital faculty. “Above...
...sentiment, all of which gestures seem trivial and inappropriate in the context of unprecedented, and in some sense inexplicable, evil. Putting the point simply, it is impossible to think of a novel, play or film that conveys the full effect of the Nazi genocide. The works that abide - Anne Frank's diary, Primo Levi's recollections of the death camps, Schindler's List - are all starkly factual. (See the 100 best albums, movies, TV shows and novels of all time...
...government, in a time of crisis. All branches of government. No checks and balances. No debate. No independence." If Democrats like her opponent win, she warned, "they get a blank check." The rumbling started before the votes even came in: there was House Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank talking about cutting military spending 25% and taxing "a lot of very rich people out there." Amnesty International set a deadline for closing Gitmo; the ACLU wants a complete review of watch lists within 100 days...
...choice to sit it that church for 20 years and listen to this guy. Then why on earth shouldn't that be something for the voters to consider? He would not do it. He would not do it. But we got called racist by Karen Tumulty for a Frank Raines ad. We got called racist by AP for a Bill Ayers ad. So on top of everything, we had a thumb on the scale, on top of everything else. It wasn't right, but it was what...