Andre Simons runs an FBI unit that works to stop shootings before they happen, and in the past year his behavioral team has tackled 150 cases — not one resulting in violence. According to CBS News, Simons and the Behavioral Threat Assessment Center confront a case dealing with a potential shooter three times a week. […]
TIME‘s Christopher Matthews reveals where the major players of the financial crisis are now. “Five years ago, the U.S. financial system was rocked by a crisis that sent the economy into a tailspin. Here’s a look at what has happened to some of the big players behind the economic meltdown, whose choices helped cause […]
Must-Read Op-Eds: Mika Brzezinski reads from Lant Pritchett’s latest Bloomberg News column on Pope Francis which suggests that Francis is “promoting sin.” The Op-Ed, entitled “Why Is Pope Francis Promoting Sin“, states in part: “Pope Francis recently weighed in on the economics of inequality. As a professional in that field, I could respond by […]
Actor Matthew Perry debates drug addiction and drug courts with Peter Hitchens and Baroness Meacher on the BBC’s Newsnight program Monday night. The three were debating the specialist courts, “in which former addicts sit as lay magistrates dealing with abuse-related crimes,” according to The Guardian. Perry argued in favor of the courts saying: “I […]
CNN’s Anderson Cooper has a spirited exchange with Dick Miller, the psychologist at the center of the “affluenza” case. In that case, the defense team for a rich teenager found guilty of killing 4 people while driving drunk successfully argued for treatment versus prison by claiming he suffered from “affluenza.” The defense argued that […]