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Follow up to The Boy Scouts’ Brewing Public Relations Disaster From the NYT: Boy Scouts End Longtime Ban on Openly Gay Youths Gay youth can now participate in the Scouts, but not gay adult leaders. They still need to work … Continue reading
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Why Does The U.S. Need A Separate FBI, ATF, and DEA?
From the WSJ: Firearms Bureau Struggles to Define Its Role The ATF is a Washington oddity, stitched together in the 1970s from units going back to the age of Prohibition. As the ATF struggles to re-invented itself, the larger question … Continue reading