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...state almost $30 million each year—money that could go toward reducing the budget deficit or toward improving our schools. This is also a victory for privacy. Keeping these charges from being permanently recorded in CORI will prevent youthful use of marijuana from coming back to haunt people later in life. Such violations have nothing to do with an individual’s competence in a specific job and should not show up on background checks. More importantly, however, the laws punish an act that should not be illegal. Smoking marijuana hurts nobody except, arguably, the smoker. Since...
...former chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, recently described them as a “senseless destruction in the U.S. financial system” and a well-known executive exclaimed on the pages of The Financial Times that “Greenspan’s sins return to haunt us.” Finger-pointing, whining and semi-fake expressions of compassion with homeowners are all mixed in print and the airwaves with serious analysis. A surefire recipe for confusion has thus emerged. Although many seem to enjoy suggesting that the present state is disastrous or worse, certainly...
...What if I broke my neck and no one was there to find me? What if something exciting happened and there was no one there to listen to my story? If anything is evident in “Olive Kitteridge” it is that these are concerns that haunt most everyone. Loneliness is horrifying, and misery is unavoidable. But thanks to Elizabeth Strout’s indomitable characters and the empathetic way she treats them, the stories are also an enjoyable read.“Olive Kitteridge” is a collection of 13 short stories about the residents...
...well [for us], but incredibly, it’s also that one thing that you can find that ray of light,” Estes said. “And that was that missed extra point, [that] was huge, because you say to yourself, that will come back to haunt them.”It would not have hurt the Crimson so badly had it not been for the numerous blunders of the second and third quarters. Brown got on the board early in the second to cut the lead to 13-7 with 10:30 remaining thanks...
...riding high now. When your popularity starts to slip - and if you do a good job of governing, your popularity will slip - issues you may consider resolved will come back to haunt you. Let's take one such issue: class. Most Britons seem pretty relaxed about you and your posh colleagues taking charge. But if you pick up the keys to 10 Downing Street while Britain's economy is still tanking, your period of grace could be painfully short...