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Mistrial in Baltimore, ‘Affluenza’ Kid Missing

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Police Beat: The judge in the trial of a Baltimore police officer accused in the death of Freddie Gray declared a mistrial yesterday after the jury said it was unable to reach a unanimous verdict. Off. William Porter, 26, was charged …

Making America Grate, LA School Shutdown

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Debatable: The Republican presidential candidates beat up each other last night over terrorism, immigration, and Donald Trump’s call to ban all foreign Muslims from entering the country. Rand Paul: “I think if we ban certain religions, if we censor the …

Obama Sells the War, Bergdahl Faces Charges

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Selling It: Facing criticism that he’s not tough enough on terrorism and the Islamic State, President Obama said yesterday that the US is dropping more bombs than ever on ISIS. Since the terror attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif., …

Cruz, Interest Rates and Temperatures Rising

Monday, December 14, 2015

Poll-itics: In a flip-flop from the national trend, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz leads Donald Trump 24 percent to 19 percent in the Iowa Republican polls. Marco Rubio is running third at 17 percent. Chris Cillizza writes in The Washington Post …

Carbon Neutral by 2050, Trump in the Shower

Sunday, December 13, 2015

Political Climate: World leaders celebrated yesterday after the release of an agreement that commits nearly every country on earth to lowering carbon emissions. One of the primary goals is — sometime between 2050 and 2100 — to limit the amount …

Climate Deal Reached, Where’s Winter?

Saturday, December 12, 2015

Political Climate: Delegates to the world climate change summit in Paris were expected to release the draft of an agreement that would commit nearly every country on earth to reducing the emission of greenhouse gases. The target is to keep …

Conn. Gov. Acts, Hoverboards Grounded

Friday, December 11, 2015

Gunbeat: In a state where a mass murderer killed 20 school children, Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy said he’s signing an executive order barring anyone on the terrorism watch list from buying a gun in his state. Incredibly, it’s legal all …

Fear of Trump, Radicalized Years

Thursday, December 10, 2015

The Trump Report: Nearly two thirds of Americans are worried about the prospect of Donald Trump becoming president, according to a NY Times/CBS News poll. The poll says 24 percent of voters expressed concern and 40 percent outright fear about …

Trump Hits a Nerve, Crowdsource Terror

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Trump Über Alles: Never one to back down, Donald Trump is standing by his call to ban all foreign Muslims from entering the US. In interviews Trump cited President Franklin Roosevelt’s internment of Japanese, Germans, and Italians during World War …

Trump Would Ban Muslims, Couple Radicalized

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Bar the Door: In one of his most extreme pronouncements on any issue so far, leading Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump has called for all Muslims to be barred from entering the Unites States until US leaders can “figure out …