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Last Thursday, Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly gave an emotional defense of his decision to ask a district attorney not to release records concerning a drunk-driving accident that killed two Massachusetts girls in the fall. His defense, however, does not account for his remarkably poor judgment in the matter. The attorney general and gubernatorial candidate may have negatively affected a pending criminal investigation with his request, and his closeness to the girls’ family raises serious questions about whether the request was a product of political favoritism or genuine compassion.In October, two teenaged sisters—Shauna Murphy...
...initiative to grow FAS to 750 professors by 2010 is stretching the budget as well, she said, to the tune of $28.5 million by the end of the decade.Nevertheless, the three committee members who presented the report on finances only offered praise of the FAS administration’s judgment in raising its spending.“The reason we have a deficit now is that we chose a few years ago to undertake a few initiatives we felt were critically needed,” said committee member John Y. Campbell, the Olshan professor of economics.While...
...virtue of his perch as chairman of the Appropriations Committee. As rank-and-file Republicans fight about who will lead them, it will be with an eye over their shoulder to see where the Abramoff investigation is going. Whereas they once had an almost blind faith in the judgment and invincibility of their leaders, "for the first time," says a Republican lawmaker, "members are looking at the whole thing and saying, 'I've gotta start protecting...
...services, which is in charge of conducting research and writing legislation for state lawmakers. Alito's dad, who had occasionally let his son come to see his work at the statehouse, was widely admired for his nonpartisan approach. Although people knew he was a Republican, both parties trusted his judgment, putting him in charge of a redistricting project in the 1960s. He was also known for being strict, firing employees who violated the rules of the apolitical office by expressing their views of pending legislation. And like his son, he was a stickler for careful writing, sharply criticizing any material...
What most people don't realize is that the purpose of sleep may be more to rest the mind than to rest the body. Indeed, most of the benefits of eight hours' sleep seem to accrue to the brain: sleep helps consolidate memory, improve judgment, promote learning and concentration, boost mood, speed reaction time and sharpen problem solving and accuracy. According to Sonia Ancoli-Israel, a psychologist at the University of California at San Diego who has done extensive studies in the aging population, lack of sleep may even mimic the symptoms of dementia. In recent preliminary findings...