In Lorain, Ohio, not far from Cleveland, Paul Pelton drove by the scene of a fatal car crash. He stopped, took out his cel and began filming. He then posted the film on Facebook and tried to sell it to news outlet. To their credit no station including the Fox News affiliate did. In the car two teenagers were trapped and badly injured. He could have rendered aid, (more…)
July 2015
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Democracy and Wisdom
California governor Jerry Brown signed a vaccine law barring belief exemptions saying that not only is science on the side of vaccines, that on the whole the benefits of vaccines out- weights the risks; vaccines also protect the community, he said. The law was prompted by the aftermath of a measles outbreak last December that began at Disneyland and quickly spread to several states infecting 150 people. While all 50 states (more…)
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Rehab vs Punishment
Since both Republicans and Democrats are now making efforts to reform the criminal justice system, it isn’t surprising that several American correctional officers spent five days visiting prisons in Germany and were more than amazed with the differences. One of them, Maurice Chammah wrote daily articles for the Marshall project (www.themarshallproject.org) a non-partisan (more…)