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...nationally recognized expert on crack cocaine prosecution, Osler called mandatory minimum sentencing policies that target drug possession “ridiculous...
...particular target, he said, is a federal provision under which possession of a given amount of crack cocaine triggers the same mandatory minimum sentence as possession of 100 times as much powdered cocaine...
...this sometimes jarring juxtaposition of old and new is emerging an ethos of environmental correctness; this is a place where seemingly every second grocery store stocks only organic produce in a minimum of recyclable packaging, where new Mercedes owners apologize that they didn't buy a hybrid, and where the most used adjective is the word sustainable. There's even an acronym for this attitude, dreamed up by a consultant: LOHAS, which stands for Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability...
...former New York Attorney General also argued that the government must intervene in the marketplace in order to enforce integrity and transparency, claiming that markets will not address certain core values, including issues of discrimination and the minimum wage...
...ready for unconditional talks; he blames the stalemate on the Palestinians for making the settlement freeze a precondition. But Netanyahu also refuses to accept that such talks be directed toward establishing a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital - and that's the minimum the Palestinians are prepared to accept. Abbas, meanwhile, feels betrayed that the Obama Administration has backed down from its own insistence that Israel halt construction in occupied territory. That, say the Palestinians, is clear evidence that Washington won't pressure Israel to do things it's not willing...