Most of the changes for the blog have been completed. Please let me know what you think.
Gun Violence
An interesting study of crime looking at six cities – Philadelphia, San Diego, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Austin and Toronto, was carried out by the Police Executive Research Forum. One of the central messages from the sample study is that gun violence continues to plague poor urban neighborhoods. The question is how to fix the problem.
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is hinting that Attorney General Eric Holder is stonewalling them. They are threatening to hold him in contempt.
President Obama pointed out that although Republicans claim to believe in liberty when it comes to women’s reproductive rights – not so much.
Romney continues to prove that he really doesn’t understand. He told college students that if they need money to start a business they should burrow from their parents. Okay. That would be nice if they had the money.
The city of Tampa is asking Governor Rick Scott to ban guns from the RNC convention. This will be interesting.
To me, it would be different if we didn’t know the effects of austerity. We’ve seen the effects both here and abroad. Most the economies in Europe contracted as Europe drastically cut government spending. Here at home, as state and local governments have cut spending, we’re seeing a decrease in the GDP as well as an increase in unemployment. Over 600,000 government workers were laid off within the last 12-18 months. Yet, some governments persist in following the cut and cut more path like Spain.
I’m not sure that I understand all of the ins and outs of this new Cyber Intelligence Protection and Sharing Act. It seems to be written kind of loosely. The whole thing seems to be as clear as mud. I’m not sure why the House passed this bill.
Thirteen people, including Bob Dylan, Toni Morrison, Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens and former US Senator and astronaut John Glenn, will be honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Talks between Pakistan and the US over drone strikes which killed several Pakistanis broke down. Our relationship with Pakistan continues to be icy.