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...grant of immunity was issued, it was done without consulting the Secretary of State or other senior officials in Washington. On Tuesday McCormack elaborated on the issue, telling reporters that if any immunity was offered, it would only be very limited in nature. "The Department of State cannot immunize an individual from federal criminal prosecution," he told reporters in the daily briefing. So far unaddressed, however, is when or if those senior officials found out about the supposed grant of immunity and what, if anything, they did about...
...College at Columbia University, to its display outside a lower Manhattan post office, and throughout Long Island. Nevertheless, banning an image—however reprehensible—is a violation of free speech. If we accept the premise that all people should be free to express themselves, then we cannot deprive certain citizens of that right, even if they promulgate unsavory views in unsavory ways. To do so would be the pinnacle of self-contradiction. According to State Sen. Dean G. Skelos of Long Island, the “rash of incidents clearly demonstrates the need for tough new penalties...
...message to Hillary is: you cannot hide from this forever,” Cogan said...
...particular, infrastructure is not and cannot be the panacea for all the country’s problems, a belief that the Chinese government has unfortunately espoused for much of the last decade. China’s last major infrastructural project—the Three Gorges Dam, the world’s largest hydroelectric power plant—was finished in May 2006. Designed to control flooding and provide electricity to three percent of the nation’s inhabitants, it has even been touted by Forbes as one of the modern wonders of the world...
...funds can also go toward fixing the Commonwealth’s infrastructure problems—not least of which is the Big Dig. Bay Staters deserve to have safe roads and tunnels without having their taxes raised even further. Indeed, the plight of many Massachusetts families who cannot afford to see taxes get any higher should outweigh the personal qualms of the anti-casino lobby. However, it is not unwarranted to take reasonable steps to counteract the potential ills of casinos on the areas surrounding them. Many cities and towns are understandably opposed to a casino in their jurisdictions; traffic...