Roses and raspberries from Lorain voters and locals
Editorial highlights a Lakeview School polling error where booth signs were swapped but ballot pages not moved, risking miscast votes though no race was affected. It also salutes Lorain police and FBI for a major drug bust, praises photographer Tom Mahl for a History Channel interview, and notes Cavaliers’ embarrassing loss to Celtics. A local grant winner plans piano lessons and community performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakeview School
Lorain
FBI
Tom Nimon
van Harp
Lorain County
Aristide's Haiti election marred by violence and flawed tally
Los Angeles Times faults Aristide and the Lavalas Family for violent intimidation, arson against opposition offices, and a defective counting process in Haiti's Nov 26 election. It notes repeated irregularities, coups, and weak governance, urging more NGO-led aid and stronger democratic institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Haiti
Aristide
Lavalas Family Party
Washington
Mance
U.S
BMW fights bike plates over Ohio sports teams
Readers lampoon BMW for blocking special issue motorcycle plates while approving car plates for Browns Bengals Indians and Reds fans. The letter-writers accuse the BMW of discrimination against motorcyclists and urge approval of a pro motorcycle plate tied to state bicentennial and Harley Davidson anniversaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BMW
Bengals
Reds
Cavaliers
Crew
Ohio
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Harley Davidson
Fredrick J. Falls Mansfield
Books on the Bill of Rights for the holiday reader
Nat Hentoff highlights several accessible works that trace free speech and constitutional rights from the Bill of Rights through modern cases. Curtis, Eastland, Bosmajian, Irons, Foner, and others are praised for storytelling that connects law to real people and enduring freedoms.
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Castro
Hollywood
America
United States
Lexington and
Concord
Duke University Press
Michael Kent Curtis
Wake Forest School of Law
North Carolina
Curtis
The
Supreme Court
Terry Eastland
Rowman and Littlefield
Anthony Kennedy
Haig Bosmajian
University of Washington
New York University Press
Bosmajian
Europe
Thomas Jefferson
William Brennan
Peter Irons
Penguin
University of California, San Diego
Bill Moyers
Nat Hentoff
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A.C. Hudnutt
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Rudy Dicks
Andrew Young
T.u. Moraco
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Tom Mahl
History Television
Mahl
Elyria
Secret Intelligence Service
History Channel
Cleveland
Cavs
Gund Arena
ESPN
Sports
Boston Celtics
Joan Kinas
North Ridgeville
Winifred
Kinas
Cuyahoga
Terviews
Los Angeles Times
Victims of Choice
Sherrod Brown
al Gore
Theodore P. Dowdell Elyria
Mecca
Norton
Columbia University
Eric Foner
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