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...Interpol is demanding more attention and getting it, thanks to a dramatic shift in its scope engineered by Interpol secretary-general Ronald K. Noble. The former Under Secretary for Enforcement at the U.S. Treasury - where he oversaw the Secret Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms - Noble arrived in Lyons in 2000 as the first non-European ever to head Interpol. His appointment through a vote by all member countries came after fierce lobbying by both Noble and U.S. officials, who were keen to end Europe's grip on Interpol's leadership. Noble came with one driving mission...
...Despite that global scope, Interpol's headquarters - with its sky-lit atrium, potted plants and sweeping views of the Rhône River - still has the air of a mid-sized company rather than a law-enforcement organization. Most of the few hundred people in the building are on first-name terms. The organization squeezes by on a budget of about $65 million a year from member countries' donations - approximately the same amount that the New York Police Department spends in an average week. Interpol's staff in Lyons joke bitterly that the organization costs little more than David Beckham...
...appreciated the scope of your reporting. But as a geriatric-care manager, I couldn't help noticing the lack of information about the elderly. I have witnessed wildly happy romances between men and women in their 80s and 90s, even those with physical difficulties or dementia. My hope is that we can drop any archaic stigmas about this phase of life and ?realize that it is never too late for love and companionship. Ellen D. Waldman, Ashland, Oregon...
...Wednesday’s ruling established a precedent that places campus police departments within the scope of public record release laws...
...wasting away of a “culture of aspiration,” marked by lyceums and FDR’s “fireside chats,” into a culture of passivity empowered by infotainment and a bottom-line corporate mentality. In this new culture, Jacoby says, scope is sacrificed for sales and science is increasingly drowned amidst the white noise of politicized junk-thought. Even the habit of reading appears increasingly obsolete. The strictly secular, intellectual merit of Jefferson, Paine, and Emerson that founded the country has given way to the lionization of celebrities and the perpetuation...