There are a lot of complete wackos out in the U.S. prison system, but very few of them (probably for the best) hand-write court papers and file lawsuits. Jonathan Lee Riches (a.k.a. Bernard Madoff) is one of the chosen few. In...
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The CIA has produced a new batch of TV ads for recruiting Arab and Iranian-Americans. Especially those with a good knowledge of the languages and cultures of the old country. Such recruiting has been a tricky business, because...
With all due respect for our servicemen and women in Afghanistan, I urge President Obama to bring them all home. Do not commit more troops to spill more American blood for the sake of upholding a totally corrupt government. One...
An improbable journey from crime capital to investment hot spot. But it isn't until I step onto the packed 737 to Bogotá that I get my first real sense of the intense interest in Colombian investments. In the past 10 years,...
Gratitude is my attitude this Thanksgiving By JULIE HINDS FREE PRESS POP CULTURE CRITIC My new weekend ritual is watching "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" for the thank-you notes -- the absurd messages of sarcastic gratitude that...