Last summer, when nearly 2 million vacationers descended on California’s Yosemite National Park, the line of cars at the South Entrance was often nearly a mile long.
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The Potent Perils Of a Miracle Drug
For a woman dying of cancer, Terry Sanborn didn’t seem to suffer. She and her unemployed husband Stephen lived on Medicaid and $512 a month in Social Security in a quiet blue-collar cul-de-sac in tiny Bangor, Maine
‘Atlas Shrugged’, The Movie: Ayn Rand Fans Get Film Of Their Own
John Aglialoro is on a quest.
Was Evidence Against Accused Nazi Criminal John Demjanjuk Faked?
The Nazi war crimes trial of 91-year-old John Demjanjuk — accused of being an accessory to the murder of at least 27,900 Jews at the Sobibor concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II — took a new twist on Wednesday when the defense team asked for the trial to be suspended after new revelations emerged suggesting that crucial evidence in the case had been faked. As lawyers wrapped up their closing arguments in Munich, Demjanjuk’s defense attorney drew the judges’ attention to an FBI report that had been kept secret for years — and was obtained by the Associated Press on Tuesday — which appears to challenge the authenticity of Demjanjuk’s alleged Nazi identity card that is central to the prosecution’s case
The Incredibly Shrinking Court
Once a year, as another December gives way to a chill January, Chief Justice John Roberts rereads a poem published in 1749 by the great writer, moralist and late-night conversationalist Samuel Johnson.
Required Reading: Nonfiction Books
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X His account of his evolution from Malcolm Little, criminal, to Malcolm X, charismatic black militant leader, appeared shortly after his assassination. At once an unsparing confession and spiritual quest, the book tells a haunting tale of racial persecution and rebirth
The Law: If Pot Were Legal
No qualms vexed John Kaplan eight years ago when, as an assistant U.S. attorney in San Francisco, he put drug pushers behind bars.
Real and Illusionary Events
In what seemed at the time to be a significant scoop, the Wall Street Journal last Aug. 25 carried a story that began, “The U.S.
’04 Campaign: When Credibility Becomes An Issue
Five years ago, when a President was fighting for his political life, his defenders struggled to keep his sins in perspective.
Gym Class: Why Kids’ Exercise Matters Less Than We Think
The logic seems pretty simple: if you eliminate gym class, school kids will get fatter.