Northwestern University has announced the winners of the 2024 Nemmers Prizes in Earth sciences, economics and mathematics. The biennial prizes recognize top scholars for their lasting contributions to new knowledge, outstanding achievements and the development of significant new modes of analysis.
Excessive partisanship has rightly been condemned. It is an example of Party Over Principle, of categorizing other people as us (OK) or them (not OK). I have characterized the us vs. them distinction as the scourge of humanity (dcpsych.org, Capital Psychiatry, Spring 2023). Legislatively, it rejects compromise. Critics blasted state Rep. Jim Gregory for supporting […]
Illegal businesses dealing in ghost guns, assault weapons and drugs have been broken up in Dutchess County, according to New York Attorney General Letitia James. A 154-count indictment unsealed in Dutchess County Court alleges that four defendants illegally trafficked in firearms, including ghost guns, assault weapons and high-capacity magazines for ammunition. A second indictment, this […]
Large gun trafficking and narcotics networks were busted and seven suspects were arrested during raids in the region.The networks and suspects were operating out of Dutchess County, mostly in the Poughkeepsie area, according to New York At…
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. A gun trafficking network that allegedly sold ghost guns and assault-style rifles and a narcotics trafficking network that distributed fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills in Dutchess County were taken down Tuesday ending an 18-month investigation, officials said. At a press conference in Poughkeepsie at state police Troop K headquarters, New York State Attorney […]