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In his sentencing Friday, Bernal was given two additional years to the six years he was already serving for drug crimes.
He was originally charged under laws that hold dealers responsible for the deaths of people who overdose on drugs they provided. However, in the decades after the passage of those laws, it has become evident they were problematic, in part because the prison population exploded without a dint in the problem of drug trafficking.
Further, as the issue with opioids expanded, there came a time when there was little space between dealer and user, as was the case with Bernal.
i think you have to because the business of government is really the core of what the paper covers. it s a captive audience, changing audience. you have to be highly cognizant one of the fun things about being a sportswriter in washington is you re read by the most interesting people. i get the mail is fascinating. military guys, generals, congressmen, senators, judges. it s fun to play to that audience. it s fun to write to that audience is the greatest laboratory for human behavior. i always tried to do it that way. i think he s right. it s about enics. it s about all sorts of neuroses. i think sports is it s so knit into american culture and american life you have to view it from a broad philosophical standpoint as a reflection of all of our ethics and morals and neuroses. during the program we re going to show clips from some hearings to establish the connection between the feds and sports. first aup is ten years old. this is former governor ventura of minnesota
it has been my professional home my adult life. the business of government is the core. it is a captive audience. it is a changing audience that must be highly cognizant one of the fun things about being a writer in washington is, i get the mail. generals, senators, congressmen. it is fun and to play in the right to that audience. is there such a thing as a philosophy of a sports writer? it is about certain behavior. a great forty-niners quarterback said it is good for human behavior. i think he is right. it is about all sorts of neuroses. sports is so knit into american culture and life that you have to view it from a broad philosophical stand point. it is a reflection of all of our morals and neuroses. during the program, i will show some clips to establish the connection between the feds and sports. this is a former governor ventura from minnesota. let s watch. baseball is your business. i emphasize business. you can be in chicago conspiring to control the outp
my father always said write what you know and sports was what i knew best. where did you graduate from college? stanford university. to study what? english literature. and your work history involves what publications? the washington post as been my home on and off for 25 years. it s really been my professional home my whole adult life. do you write any differently because you re writing for the washington post in a capitol, in a federal town? yes. i think you have to. because the business of government is really the core of what the paper covers. one of the fun things about being a sports writer in washington is that you re read by the most interesting people, you know? the mail is fascinating. military guys, generals, congressmen, senators, judges. it s fun to play to that audience. it s fun to write to that audience is the greatest laboratory for human behavior. steve young once said i think he s right. it s about ethics. it s about all sorts of neurosis