From the moment on Thursday when the young man sat down in Dr. Richard Stein’s dental chair in southwestern Kansas and opened his mouth, Dr. Stein was certain he recognized the enemy. This had to be the work, he concluded, of methamphetamine, a drug that is leaving its mark, especially in the rural regions of the Midwest and the South, on families, crime rates, economies, legislatures – and teeth. Read More
AG: Union Put Kids on Payroll in Seniority Scam
Massport’s union longshoremen have been placing kids as young as 2 years old on the payroll in a long-running scheme to give them bogus seniority that fattens the wages they fetch as adult dock-workers years later, investigators contend. Read More
GM’s Lack of Leadership, Braincells
For the first time in history, everybody get’s the GM employee discount! Read More
5 teams quit youth football league
Decision stirs racial tensions
In what youth football officials are calling a crisis, five suburban Pop Warner teams have voted to leave a conference filled with urban teams, including those from Mattapan, Dorchester, and Roxbury, roiling racial tensions in what is supposed to be a fun activity for 7- to-14-year-olds. Read More
Wade’s agent says Dwyane ‘feeling better’
There was no official update Sunday on whether Wade will be available for the biggest game in franchise history. The team said the situation with Wade’s strained ribcage muscle was “status quo.”
Wade’s agent, Henry Thomas, said the decision to sit out Game 6 was made after Wade consulted with the Heat’s medical staff. Thomas said Wade was “feeling better” Sunday, but it was “too soon to tell” if he would play Monday night.
From ESPN.com
If I had to put money on it. I’d say he’s playing. Read More
Frist Says He Will Prevail in the Long Run
By CARL HULSE
Published: June 5, 2005
WASHINGTON, June 4 – With lawmakers returning from the Memorial Day recess, the Senate majority leader, Bill Frist, faces a crucial test of whether he can re-establish his authority after a rapid sequence of events that many say diminished his standing and exposed a lack of experience in Congressional intrigue. Read More
U.S. Faults 4 Allies Over Forced Labor
By JOEL BRINKLEY
Published: June 4, 2005 – New York Times
WASHINGTON, June 3 – The United States criticized four of its closest allies in the Middle East on Friday, saying Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are doing little if anything to stop forced labor and other forms of “modern slavery” within their borders. Read More
Delivering Iraq to the Iraqis
When it was time to revolt against the British, the Continental Congress chose George Washington to lead the fight. Read More
All the President’s Men
The identity of Deep Throat is revealed just in time. Read More
It’s Baseball Again
May has ended and the Red Sox are still reining World Series champions, so the voices aren’t prominent at all, not like they always were to me in years prior. Read More
The NBA Hype Machine
Is the NBA’s campaign to find the next Michael Jordan beginning to play a role in the outcome of this Eastern Conference Finals? In a game versus the defending champion Pistons on their own home floor, Miami got the benefit of the doubt all night. Dwayne Wade in his first ever playoff run is benefiting from phantom calls, late whistles and all. It’s a throwback to the 90s, a decade that brought us hundreds more foul shots for Michael Jordan than he ever deserved. Has the NBA gifted this status to a second year player in the name of all that is hype? Read More