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Oct 30 2014
News
Maine gov.: Negotiations with nurse in Ebola quarantine have failed, will use legal authority
Maine Gov. Paul LePage said Thursday he is ready to use the “full extent of his authority” to rein in a 33-year-old nurse who worked with Ebola patients in West Africa but balked at a deal that would prevent her from entering public spaces.
The Republican, who is up for re-election Tuesday, said state attorneys tried to work with Kaci Hickox, of Fort Kent, but those negotiations “have
Washington Times
Jun 23 2020
News
NASCAR rallies around Wallace as FBI investigates noose
Bubba Wallace steered the No. 43 to the front of pit road, NASCAR champion Kyle Busch pushing the famous car on one side and close friend Ryan Blaney pushing on the other.
The entire 40-driver field and their crew members followed. After the car came to a stop, Wallace climbed out, sat on the window ledge and sobbed. Richard Petty, his Hall of Fame team owner, gently placed a hand on
Associated Press
Oct 16 2014
News
Womp Womp: "One-Fifth" of Dems in Massachusettts Are Undecided
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Martha Coakley might not lose on Election Day, but here are a few questions keeping Bay State Democrats up at night:
Why is Coakley failing to bring out the base? Is there something about her candidacy that Democrats don’t like or trust? Why, for that matter, are so many Democratic partisans in the state wallowing in uncertainty and indecision? As WMUR
Townhall
Feb 11 2021
Opinion
California Is Making Liberals Squirm
If progressivism can’t work there, why should the country believe it can work anywhere else?
You may have heard that San Francisco’s Board of Education voted 6 to 1 to rename 44 schools, stripping ancient racists of their laurels, but also Abraham Lincoln and Senator Dianne Feinstein. The history upon which these decisions were made was dodgy, and the results occasionally bizarre. Paul
Ezra Klein
Apr 09 2019
News
Eric Swalwell, California Democrat, says he's running for president
California Representative Eric Swalwell, one of President Trump's most outspoken critics in Congress, announced he is seeking the presidential nomination in what is shaping up to be the largest Democratic primary field in U.S. history.
The 38-year-old San Francisco area lawmaker announced his presidential campaign during an appearance on "The Late Night Show with Stephen Colbert"
CBS News (Online)
Jul 02 2020
News
New Hope for Civil Forfeiture Reform
Sweeping police reform is stalled in Congress: The House passed a bill last week that the Senate appears to have no plans to take up, while Sen. Tim Scott’s JUSTICE Act failed to get enough votes to advance to debate. But, a bipartisan group of senators is still pushing for incremental reform. Amid growing concerns over racial inequality in the criminal justice system, “civil asset forfeiture
The Dispatch
Aug 25 2020
Opinion
Jerry Falwell's bizarre marital arrangement was only the least and latest of his sins
Jerry Falwell Jr.'s career, both at Liberty University and as a figurehead of the evangelical community, is over.
After years of mounting stunts and scandals, Falwell's personal life exploded into the national limelight. At first, he tried to get ahead of the story, with the Washington Examiner's Paul Bedard breaking his eleventh-hour statement claiming that his wife Becki had engaged
Washington Examiner
May 01 2015
News
Farmington man asks Utahns not to forget Nepali people
A Utah man who made it out of Nepal after Saturday's earthquake says the basic needs among the Nepalis are overwhelming — and he hopes the world won't forget about them too quickly.
Farmington resident Ryan Erickson said Thursday he feels a bond with the people and solidarity with their plight.
"My heart is just broken for the Nepali people," Erickson said. "They just need help.
KSL
Oct 13 2014
Opinion
Revenge of the Unforgiven: How Righteousness Killed the World Economy
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: The world economy appears to be stumbling. For a while, things seemed to be looking up, and there was talk about green shoots of recovery. But now growth is stalling, and the specter of deflation looms.
Paul Krugman
Sep 22 2019
News
Sanders’s apples-and-oranges comparison on Medicare-for-all costs
“Joe said that Medicare-for-all would cost over $30 trillion. That’s right, Joe. Status quo over 10 years will be $50 trillion.”
— Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), remarks during the third Democratic presidential debate, Sept. 12, 2019
Sanders made this comment after former vice president Joe Biden criticized the senator’s Medicare-for-all plan for potentially adding “$30 trillion, $
Washington Post