James Tuthill writes for San Francisco Chronicle, January 3, 2013
It isn’t only stronger gun-control laws needed to remove the sickness in America that has caused so many Columbine-like tragedies in the past 13 years. We also need a cultural shift in what is regarded as “protected speech” under our First Amendment.
Barry Krisberg quoted in The Wall Street Journal, January 14, 2013
“This is a difficult population. These are kids who have done very serious crimes, often violent crimes,” said Barry Krisberg, a consultant to the state. “They have significant mental health problems and drug abuse problems.”
David Caron quoted in King’s College London, January 14, 2013
“I am utterly delighted to be joining King’s College London and in particular its outstanding community of scholars and students. Dickson Poon’s gift comes at the right time for a global community that seeks new and effective approaches to numerous challenges facing humanity, each of which transcends the borders of any particular state.”
Robert MacCoun interviewed by KALW, City Visions, January 14, 2013
“At the heart of all of this is the Controlled Substance Act which states that marijuana is a Schedule I controlled substance, meaning that it has no legitimate medical use. So the federal-state conflict really comes down to a now fairly old federal law that conflicts with what the states are trying to do. The choice that the federal government faces … is how aggressively to reconcile that by forcing states to comply with federal law.”
Alex Wang interviewed by National Public Radio, January 14, 2013
“There’s been clarity as to the severity of the problem, there’s more frequent disclosure of information, but what remains to be seen is whether more aggressive action will be taken to solve the problem,” says Alex Wang…. “In theory, with the greater transparency, that’s harder to do — the falsification or cheating the data. What will be interesting to see going forward is that now that they’ve become more transparent—releasing hourly data and so forth—does it actually force the regulators to take regulatory action?”
Alex Wang interviewed by Marketplace, American Public Media, January 14, 2013
“This is emergency level air pollution,” said Alex Wang, an environmental law professor at University of California-Berkeley, who specializes in China’s environmental regulations.
Franklin Zimring quoted in San Francisco Chronicle, January 12, 2013
“There’s nothing in the aggregate homicide totals that citizens in those cities should find scary,” he said. “If you’re the mayor of San Francisco or San Jose, the best adjective would be ‘concerned,’ but not ‘worried.’ If you’re the mayor of Oakland or Stockton, it’s ‘worried.'”
Andrew Guzman writes for Huffington Post, January 9, 2013
The United States is in the midst of one of the worst droughts in American history. One consequence is that the water level of the Mississippi River has fallen to the point where the river itself may have to be shut down to shipping traffic. What would a shutdown mean? Well, consider that 60 percent of all grain exported from the United States travels on the river. Or that over a period of a couple of weeks the river carried goods through St. Louis that would fill 500,000 semi trucks. In other words, we have no workable substitute for the river.
Franklin Zimring quoted in The Arizona Republic, January 8, 2013
Nationwide, an average of 113 officers were killed each year during the 1970s. “And there were fewer cops then, too,” Zimring said. “The long-term trend in killing of police is downward, not upward, and my impression is that when you look at the killings now, what you see is fluctuation at what is a relatively historically low level.”
Jeanne Woodford quoted in Los Angeles Times, January 8, 2013
Former state prisons chief Jeanne Woodford disputed the governor’s assertion and said she worried that without federal intervention, the governor and Legislature would find it easier to cut funding for improvements such as new healthcare facilities. “Without court oversight, resources tend to get taken away,” said Woodward, a senior fellow at UC Berkeley School of Law