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2008 saw the deaths of several young all-business class airlines, including Eos, Maxjet and Silverjet, and the year ended with big mergers in the pipeline — including Delta’s absorption of Northwest, which the U.S. Department of Justice approved in November. It was another tumultuous year in travel. Financial turmoil triggered a global slowdown that left an industry uncertain, among other eve

BEGINNING JAN. 9, and based on new rules coming from the Justice Department, immigration detainees and others arrested for federal crimes will be forced to provide DNA samples.

LOS ANGELES : Two men were arrested in California and charged with illegally exporting to China thermal-imaging cameras, a national security controlled item, the Justice Department (DOJ) said Wednesday.

Photo illustration of police in California. Two men were arrested in California and charged with illegally exporting to China thermal-imaging cameras, a national security controlled item, the Justice Department (DOJ) said Wednesday. Photo:Jewel Samad/AFP AFP - LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Two men were arrested in California and charged with illegally exporting to China thermal-imaging cameras, a national

Photo illustration of police in California. Two men were arrested in California and charged with illegally exporting to China thermal-imaging cameras, a national security controlled item, the Justice Department (DOJ) said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad) AFP - Two men were arrested in California and charged with illegally exporting to China thermal-imaging cameras, a national security controlled

The Justice Department is suing the city of Iola on behalf of a Kansas Air National Guard reservist who claims the fire department disciplined him because of his military duty.

The Justice Department filed suit Wednesday against the city of Iola, Kan., on behalf of a Kansas Air National Guard reservist who claims the Fire Department disciplined him because of his military service. Firefighter Randall A. Slocum alleges in the lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Kansas, that he had two disciplinary letters placed in his personnel file and was denied a merit raise aft

Times are tough for Alberto Gonzales. Once he figured near the top of the legal profession; he was widely mentioned as a Supreme Court nominee for Bush. David Broder, with characteristic vision, hailed him as a moderate who would restore the reputation of the Justice Department after the “radicalism” of John Ashcroft. Gonzales, the accepted wisdom held, would serve out his term as Bush’s se

A report published today by the National Association of Probation Officers shows storm clouds gathering around Jack Straw's fluorescent vests. Perhaps they are waterproof. But that won't help. In short, Straw and Jacqui Smith conceived this plan to make convicted criminals wear tabards saying "Community Payback" while they were out on community service. Most of the charities and other schemes tha

A report published today by the National Association of Probation Officers shows storm clouds gathering around Jack Straw's fluorescent vests. Perhaps they are waterproof. But that won't help. In short, Straw and Jacqui Smith conceived this plan to make convicted criminals wear tabards saying "Community Payback" while they were out on community service. Most of the charities and other schemes tha

A wish list for 2009

By this time next year I wish. . . . . .that the U. S. Congress will have enacted comprehensive immigration reform that would provide for the documentation of the millions of Mexican and Central American immigrants who currently work hard to keep things going in our nation without the protection and...

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Tags: Poverty, Social Justice, Public Policy, Immigration Reform, New Year, Community Development, justice and faith, the DREAM Act, permanent supportive housing, City of Dallas

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My Two Cents on Staffing

Unlike others, I haven't made a sport of nitpicking Barack Obama's staffing decisions. I've been disappointed in a few hires, but I've grown more comfortable with his decisions as the process has gone on. Today was the best day for announcements of the whole transition period. I am ecstatic about Ob...

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John Bolton, the Mainstream Media's Favorite Neocon?

By and large, it is a good thing that John Bolton is no longer in government, where he worked overtime to undermine any number of worthwhile agreements, such as the effort to cap and roll back North Korea's nuclear program. But his fall from power has come at a price. He is now the mainstream media'...

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Bordering on Accuracy about Torture

The New York Times has been among the prime examples of media organizations that refuse to call torture what it is: torture. The euphamism that the Times and other traditional (and cowardly) media outlets have been using has typically been “enhanced interrogation techniques” — desp...

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