I have viewed the arrest video many times and I honestly cannot see anything that Mr. Correia did that was a crime for which an arrest should have been made, must less a violent arrest with pepper spray and forced to the ground. He appears to be holding up a cell phone, nothing more. Can someone from the NPD explain to us exactly what they consider his "disorderly conduct" was? And can't Mr. Correia sue for false arrest and violation of his civil rights to be on the street holding up his cell phone? Also, where is the Northampton Human Rights Commission on this episode -- MIA? ...(full comment)

I get it that the Associated Press is angry at the Obama administration. I don't think they helped their cause with such an obviously slanted article on the enforcement of regulations governing wind turbines and bird protection. After reading the full page article on the relatively minor problem of bird kills by wind turbine blades, I had to do further internet research on possible solutions or mitigating measures that might be taken to reduce this possible source of opposition to wind energy as an alternative to fossil fuels. I think the best thing for public and private wildlife and wind energy advocacy groups to do would be to work together on collecting information that is already known from the US and world sources and also to devise research projects when necessary to see which mitigating efforts are most successful. The AP writer, Dina Cappiello, mentioned fixing the turbines with radar technology to detect approaching eagles and emitting loud noises when one is detected as one mitigating strategy. She also mentioned shutting down the turbines for a week in March when eagles in that area are most active. Other suggestions not included in the article but reported on by KCET TV in California are a more careful siting of turbines; painting the turbine blades; removing habitats for small game from under the turbines; and changing the rotation of the blades from going around to going up and down in a vertical rotation - a method that is very safe for birds. In any cases, bird deaths by wind turbines will always be a minutely small factor in the number of human caused bird deaths. ...(full comment)

Too bad Obummer doesn't feel the need to also comment on the Gosnell abortion mass murder case (probably the largest mass muder case in US history). Didn't the president say during the Newtown gun control debate "If he could just save one childs life..." The man is a hypocrite along with most liberals. And now we hear about another mass murder abortion doctor in Houston. I wish the gazetee would cover this. This doctor is accused of twisting off the heads of the fetuses in order to kill them. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2325786/Douglas-Karpen-Second-house-horrors-abortion-clinic-investigated-Texas.html ...(full comment)