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...Whether Hasan was deranged or a terrorist is immaterial to the families of the people slaughtered at Fort Hood. The long list of red flags you listed should have alerted anyone with a shred of common sense. Drastic changes in policies and procedures should be implemented immediately, or soon the expression "military intelligence" will be interpreted as a contradiction in terms. Raoul Carubelli Oklahoma City...
...Barack Obama has likewise given way to bitter disappointment over the American's slow, consensual method of reform - and his refusal to return Sarkozy's public displays of affection. There's also the pesky issue of human rights. Sarkozy pledged to place human rights at the top of his list of requirements for diplomatic partners before he was elected but that quickly gave way to an embrace of leaders like Muammar Gaddafi from Libya and Bashar al-Assad from Syria, state trips to pal around with African dictators, and a congratulatory call to Vladimir Putin after his party's December...
...Obama, the era of big Government is not over. "It is true, we cannot depend on government alone to create jobs or generate long-term growth," he proclaimed in his first budget to Congress. But "at this particular moment, government must lead the way." A partial Obama to-do list, only some of it done, includes a remake of the health care and energy sectors; a $787 billion stimulus bill aimed, so far, mostly at public employment; takeovers of General Motors and Chrysler; a "pay czar" to cut salaries at bailed-out banks and a proposed new consumer-protection agency...
...Mark Yudof in TIME's list of the 10 best college presidents...
...next week to consider the impact of a last-minute addition to a provision barring dispensaries from operating within a certain distance of sensitive-use areas. Previously, sensitive-use areas included schools, public parks and places of worship, but the council went on to include private residences in the list and increase the operating distance from 500 ft. to 1,000 ft. Some opponents say the provision is not viable and will force law-abiding dispensaries to either relocate to largely remote, industrial areas of the city or shut down altogether. "Council members have to come to their senses...