Daily Topics - Tuesday March 6th, 2012
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Hour One: Super Tuesday and the Ohio primary - Cliff Schecter, Libertas LLC
Hour Two: Coming Apart: The State of White America 1960-2010 - Charles Murray, American Enterprise Institute
Hour Three: Fukushima disaster one year later - David Lochbaum, Union of Concerned Scientists
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#2
Chris Drew has won an important battle in his Felony Eavesdropping case. Illinios Criminal Courts Judge Stanley Sacks declared the law unconstitutional last Friday. States Attorney Anita Alvarez is appealing to the Illinois Supreme Court.
Although I'm just a jailhouse lawyer (who has so far avoided the jail part), I think Drew will prevail.
Article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-protess/chris-drew-eavesdropping-unconstitutional_b_1322176.html
#3
Charles Murray is partially right about comparing what someone with a lower income can buy today vs the 60's. The same can be said about the cave man of 10,000 years ago and the cave man of today, or of people with dirt floor, single wall houses with chickens in the yard in the early 1900s and the people with dirt floors today. The standard of living has changed such that the norms of the 60s are not the norms of today. Further, while stereo systems are much cheaper today than they were in the 60s, doctors visits are much more expensive. Perhaps he would only consider comparing the cost for cures for diseases of the 60's with their cost today.
Finally, during the 60's it was very common for your mother-in-law to live with you and rare to take your children to day-care, today these are considered impractical solutions for many situations.
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