Yesterday, Huffington Post reported sequestration is weakening public defenders across the nation: As the effects of sequestration take hold, one of the most harmed professional groups has been federal public defenders. The federal public defender system has been forced to absorb an estimated $ 43 million cut this year alone.… Unlike many other federal agencies,… Read more »
Posts Tagged: feel
This study will make you feel terrible about not calling your grandparents
Feeling lonely won’t kill you. Actually being alone might. A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that after adjusting for demographic factors and underlying health, self-reported feelings of lonesomeness have no significant connection to mortality among the elderly, but actual social isolation increases the likelihood of death by… Read more »
Rep. Glenn Thompson doesn’t care how many people die as long as he gets to feel like a big man
The battle over doing anything at all continues: Meanwhile, in an effort to publicly demonstrate his gun-rights chops, Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) drew applause from constituents at a local event when he pulled off his suit jacket to display an NRA T-shirt underneath. “You know, the Second Amendment has nothing to do with hunting. It’s… Read more »
Students feel burn of sequester cuts in fee hikes on federal loans
Graduate students and the parents of undergrads have been quietly receiving letters from the federal Department of Education that say the fees on their Direct PLUS loans from the government are being raised as a direct result of the automatic budget cuts of the sequester. Source: FOXNews.com