Expert Panel: Weighing The Value Of A Test For Psychopaths

On All Things Considered this week, NPR's Alix Spiegel explores the controversial PCL-R test, designed to evaluate pyschopaths, and its great influence over one inmate's parole fate. Here, a panel of experts debates the test's role in the criminal justice system.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/05/26/136433233/expert-panel-weighing-the-value-of-a-test-for-psychopaths?ft=1&f=1057

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The Root: Slow Changes in Juvenile Justice System

For 36 years Congress has been trying to address juvenile delinquency through mandated programs. With far-reaching racial disparity in the system, Cynthia Gordy of The Root investigates the effectiveness and timeliness of the programs.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/05/27/136708202/the-root-slow-changes-in-juvenile-justice-system?ft=1&f=1057

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New Republic: US Should Assist Iraq's Energy Sector

Instability in the Middle East doesn't help the U.S. energy crisis. Michael Makovsky of The New Republic recommends assisting foreign countries, specifically Iraq, in strengthening their energy sector.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/05/27/136711982/new-republic-us-should-assist-iraqs-energy-sector?ft=1&f=1057

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Budget ax threatens to halt successful program fighting AIDS in Africa

But a budget-slashing effort in Congress this year threatens to bring much of that progress to a sudden and catastrophic halt.

Michael Gerson, a conservative columnist with the Washington Post and a force behind an HBO special called The Lazarus Effect, is fighting hard to hold on to the funding that started with his boss, nearly a decade ago.

"There are good foreign policy reasons to do this," said Gerson, a senior fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations.

Gerson was also the chief speech writer for the man who got this rolling.

"He often talked about 'To whom much is given, much is required,' " said Gerson, of the sponsor of the plan. "There was a motivation here of what America should do and be; that we should be a source of hope but also a kind of conscience motivation here, very much rooted in his faith."

The "he" in question, was President George W. Bush.

In 2003, Bush started the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR -- an unprecedented, $3-billion a year program to help the world fight AIDS and has resulted in an 80-fold increase in the number of Africans receiving life-saving AIDS treatments since the program began.

In 2008, Bush led the charge for renewal and expansion. "We can bring healing and hope to many more. So I ask you to maintain the principles that have changed behavior and made this program a success," Bush told Congress in his State of the Union address that year. "And I call on you to double our initial commitment to fighting HIV/AIDS by approving an additional $30 billion over the next five years."

He was not alone. A driving force in the effort was evangelical Christians who pushed the Bush administration and Congress to support it.

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Rolling Thunder Rolls Into DC (Michellemalkin.com)

**Written by Doug Powers As I write this, it's raining and I hear thunder in the sky, or it could just be the distant echo of Harleys: WASHINGTON ? The sound of motorcycles is filling the streets of Washington this Memorial Day weekend. The group Rolling Thunder is in town for a motorcycle ride and [...] Share With Friends: | | Politics - Top Stories News, RSS and RSS Feed via Feedzilla.

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Palin kick-starts bus tour with motorcycle ride to memorial (Tampa Tribune)

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is rumbling into the parking lot of the Pentagon on the back of a motorcycle as she starts an East Coast bus tour. Share With Friends: | | Politics - Top Stories Stories, News Feeds and News via Feedzilla.

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Obama Wields His ... Autopen?

The long-distance signature machine has its critics, but it had a great admirer in Thomas Jefferson and was found to produce a valid presidential signature during the George W. Bush administration. Now, it has signed an extension of the USA Patriot Act into law.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/05/27/136717719/obama-wields-his-autopen?ft=1&f=1014

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Bolgen Vargas can play valuable role in building consensus (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)

Interim city schools Superintendent Bolgen Vargas should lead effort to build consensus on key questions. Share With Friends: | | Politics - Top Stories Stories, RSS Feeds and Widgets via Feedzilla.

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CIA gets access to bin Laden compound

A CIA team of forensics specialists has been granted permission by the Pakistani government to visit the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed, to search for possibly hidden or buried documents, a U.S. official confirms to CNN.

The team will "gather up any additional information that can be found," the official said.

During the raid earlier this month, the Navy SEAL team was able to gather a substantial amount of intelligence documents and computer media during its 40-minute assault on the compound in Abbottabad. But the CIA has wanted to return to see if other material could be found.

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Gary Johnson vs. Sean Hannity (Theagitator.com)

Johnson is really impressive. In just the last year or so that I've been watching him on these shows, he has become much more articulate, charismatic, and convincing. Hannity remains as dense as he's always been. Share With Friends: | | Politics - Top Stories News, RSS Feeds and Widgets via Feedzilla.

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