Showdown at Rocky Flats : When Federal Agents Take On a Government Nuclear-Bomb Plant, Lines of Law and Politics Blur, and Moral Responsibility Is Tested

WHEN FBI AGENT JON LIPSKY PROPOSED IN JUNE, 1988, THAT they “do Rocky Flats,” Assistant U.S. Atty. Ken Fimberg gave him the type of look you’d direct at someone who’d just said something intriguing but utterly wacky. Lipsky was neither surprised nor offended, for he more or less shared this response. They were sitting in … Read more

Sarah Michelle Gellar blames America’s marriage woes on ‘disposable’ society

Sarah Michelle Gellar blames changes in societal values for the decline of long-lasting relationships. In September, the 47-year-old actress and Freddie Prinze Jr., 48, who share two children, celebrated their 22nd wedding anniversary. During an interview with Fox News Digital, alongside her “Dexter: Original Sin” co-star Patrick Gibson, Gellar reflected on the secrets to an … Read more

ELECTIONS ’92 : Clinton Vows Better Efforts Against AIDS : Campaign: Democrat says Bush has failed to fight the disease strongly enough. He also calls for an end to misconceptions about the illness.

In a speech promised last spring and delivered five days before the presidential election, Democratic nominee Bill Clinton on Thursday indicted the Bush Administration for failing to mount a stringent attack against the spread of AIDS and laid out a plan he said would reverse that course. Speaking to several hundred people in the rotunda … Read more

California lawmakers reject a bill to extend bar hours to 4 a.m. in three cities

Sound Nightclub in Hollywood on June 19, 2021. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) California lawmakers on Wednesday rejected legislation that would have allowed West Hollywood, San Francisco and Palm Springs to authorize weekend alcohol service until 4 a.m. at bars, nightclubs and restaurants. Senate Bill 930 by state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) … Read more

Spotlight Seeks Real Bush, and It Casts Two Shadows : Profile: He hews to lofty goal of public service, but has no fear of the sometimes low road of election politics.

George Bush was in an exuberant mood in the days after his inauguration as vice president in January, 1981. As he welcomed visitors to his new office suite inside the Old Executive Office Building, he could hardly contain the thrill he felt at being there. But when the conversation turned to his political future, Bush’s … Read more

Business partner of missing Suzanne Simpson’s murder suspect husband arrested, indicted after texts emerge

Brad Simpson, husband of missing Texas realtor Suzanne Simpson, remains behind bars accused of killing the 51-year-old mom of four, and his longtime business partner was formally charged this week in the investigation.  James “Val” Cotter was indicted by a grand jury on Monday on charges of tampering with evidence with the intent to impair … Read more

Senator’s Gibe at Woman Candidate Stirs N.H. Row

Republican Sen. Gordon J. Humphrey has triggered a controversy in a GOP congressional race by saying that a woman candidate should not be running because she has two small children. About two dozen supporters of Republican Betty Tamposi denounced Humphrey outside the Statehouse on Wednesday and characterized his remarks, made in an interview in the … Read more

CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS / PROPOSITION 187 : Opponents of Measure Vow to Sue if It Passes

Charging that Proposition 187 is immoral, unhealthful and unworkable, leaders of California’s medical establishment and the civil rights community Monday urged voters to reject the ballot measure on illegal immigration and asked the federal government to take steps to prevent it from being implemented if it is approved on Election Day. In a letter to … Read more

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