Death Penalty Debate Takes a Turn Toward Sanity
Mar 14, 2019 California’s governor hasn’t solved all the capital punishment system’s ills, but he has given its opponents cause for celebration.
Governor to Place Moratorium on Death Penalty in California
Mar 12, 2019 Gavin Newsom calls it discriminatory and "a failure" in announcing his order to halt executions, a reprieve for 737 condemned inmates.
Invasion of the Robot Home Snatchers
Oct 13, 2010 How do you foreclose on a home when you can’t figure out who owns it because the original mortgage is part of a derivatives package that has been sliced and diced so many ways that its legal ownership is often unrecognizable?The Titanic that is the U.S. housing market has just sprung its biggest leak.
Again With the Offshore Drilling
Oct 12, 2010 After clamping down and imposing a ban on offshore drilling in the wake of last spring's disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Tuesday that the moratorium is over and, as he put it, "We are open for business."
Netanyahu Urges Settler Restraint
Sep 26, 2010 With a 10-month moratorium on settlement construction in the West Bank about to expire, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is urging Israeli settlers to show restraint. President Barack Obama has prodded Israel to extend the moratorium, and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says Israel must choose between peace and the continuation of Jewish settlements.
The Cost of Not Drilling
Aug 22, 2010 Previously undisclosed documents have measured the economic impact of the U.S. federal moratorium on deep-water oil drilling at 23,000 jobs lost and billions of dollars in frozen investment. Federal officials went ahead with the ban, now tied up in court, because they distrusted industry safety equipment and standards.
U.S. Gov’t Tries Again in Bid for Offshore Drilling Ban
Jul 13, 2010 After an earlier attempt at enforcing a moratorium on offshore oil drilling was struck down, the federal government released a revised version Monday. Given, you know, the whole Gulf of Mexico object lesson, finding a way to push this one through might be useful.Arbitrary and Capricious, Indeed
Jun 25, 2010 If you're worried about judicial activism, take a look at the Ronald Reagan-appointed federal judge in New Orleans who just lifted the Obama administration's moratorium on deep-water drilling.
Federal Judge Blocks Drilling Moratorium
Jun 22, 2010 You'd think that it might be a no-brainer to take the Obama administration's suggestion that perhaps, just maybe, deep-water drilling projects ought to be put on hold in light of the Gulf of Mexico mega-disaster and all. (continued)
Deep-Water Drilling Ban Idles Workers
Jun 18, 2010 The Obama administration's moratorium on deep-water drilling is affecting not only the oil companies but also the tens of thousands of workers who depend on the rigs for their livelihood and are now being laid off. To make matters worse, some of the rig owners are exploring moving their operations to other countries.
