Villains from East and West battle for dumb criminal title

Seeded on Tue Feb 16, 2010 12:08 AM EST (the island online)

Westerners reacted with outrage to a claim in this column that Asian dumb criminals were dumber than American dumb criminals. I got a large number of reader emails, both of which insisted that US thieves were stupider. One said they were "the dumbest in the world bar none".

us, japan, australia, east, west, funny, stupid-criminals

University worker accused of extorting student file sharers - CNET News

Seeded on Tue Feb 9, 2010 9:59 AM EST (CNET.com)

Last week, police arrested the 37-year-old Dehelean on a felony extortion charge, according to a report published by the Web site of the Athens Banner-Herald.

us, news, file-sharing, us-news, extortion, geogia

Blame the childish, ignorant American public—not politicians—for our political and economic crisis

Seeded on Mon Feb 8, 2010 9:09 AM EST (Slate)

In trying to explain why our political paralysis seems to have gotten so much worse over the past year, analysts have rounded up a plausible collection of reasons including: President Obama's tactical missteps, the obstinacy of congressional Republicans, rising partisanship in Wa …

politics, american, economics, public

A move to strike 'all men' from N.H. constitution

Seeded on Sat Feb 6, 2010 4:03 AM EST (The Boston Globe)

CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire penned the nation's first constitution in 1776, binding until the end of the Revolutionary War. With the war won, the state in 1783 ratified a new one that opens with the words, "All men are born equally free and independent.''

us, laws, new-england, new-hampshire, us-news, consititution, politacal

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