BY DIANE DIMOND The woman’s face was contorted with anger as she thrust a finger at the media scrum covering a campaign event and yelled: “I hate you all! Liars! You should be in prison!” Memory fades. I can’t recall which presidential candidate this woman had turned out to support last year, but I will […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Let’s talk about the U.S. prison system, shall we? By that I mean the whole shebang: prisons run by the federal government, state jails, local jails and juvenile correctional institutions. And let’s toss in immigration detention facilities, military prisons and the 76 jails on Native American lands. All together, the United States […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Readers’ reaction to my last column on voter fraud precisely proved my point. We have become so consumed with spewing political snark in this country that we’re often blind to our problems. We’re so busy throwing darts at those who don’t think exactly as we do that we fail to see the […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Why does this keep happening? Surely, people know by now how dangerous it is to leave a child in the car in the summertime! It can be deadly, yet it keeps happening year after year. Consider this my annual reminder to never ever leave a child alone in an enclosed vehicle, no matter […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Former Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert cut a pitiful figure this week as he left federal prison in Minnesota and his wheelchair got stuck on a bump in the sidewalk. His wife, fumbling at his side to manage his aluminum walker and other items, wasn’t immediately able to help him […]
BY DIANE DIMOND The parents of Michael Brown, who was killed by police Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, have just gotten a financial windfall. The city’s insurance company has agreed to pay them $1.5 million to settle their wrongful death lawsuit against the town, the former police chief and Wilson. In other […]