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The U.S. Justice Department as well as the L.A. County District Attorney are angry with Switzerland for refusing to proceed with Roman Polanski’s extradition. The European press paints a different picture, of course. It’s an interesting case because Polanski’s guilt is not the issue. The main issue is time served and time remaining for having…

Maybe I’ve read too many John Le Carre’s novels, but what struck me about the recent spy saga was not the existence of sleeper agents but the human aspects of the outcome. Here are 10 people who’ve lived in the U.S. for a number of years, who had established lives, and who are now going…

We’re convinced that solving the stem of illegal immigrants is with walls, troops, deportation and as is the case in Arizona, arrest. New Jersey is trying another approach. The city of Trenton is issuing ID cards to undocumented immigrants. The photo ID cards come from a coalition of community groups who include churches, civic associations,…