Understanding how president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came to power is critical to an informed policy on Iran. Abbas Milani’s article is a valuable primer linking Iran’s past to the current political landscape.

The View from Tehran
“Most Iranians, I believe, share a broad outlook on American foreign policy: they think that Iran is valued only for its vast energy resources and its role in regional politics and that Iranian culture and economic development and the peace, welfare, and basic rights of Iranian citizens are largely irrelevant to American policymakers.”

Megabucks
Here are the winning numbers selected in Wednesday’s Tri-State Megabucks lottery drawing: 7-8-11-21-28-38-Bonus 16

Rally pushes bill on public hospital funding
Dr. Peggy Carey has seen health care from all sides. Diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at 24, she later went to medical school but recently left her longtime practice due to disability.

Franklin County farmers fined for manure runoff
Two farmers in northwestern Vermont have been fined $2,000 for allowing manure spread on a farm field in the spring to run off into Lake Champlain.

Words Behind Bars
Do prisoners have a right to read what they want? The author considers Beard v. Banks

The Reckoning
“Learning from Martin Luther King Jr., contemporary religious progressives would do well to look for signs of religious integrity without using a political prism.”

Half a Man
Leading Iranian dissident, Akbar Ganji, challenges gender apartheid in Iran.

Warehouseman
Warehouseman position for metals distributor in San Francisco…. Process Engineer Manager BS in Industry Engineering. 2 yrs exp. To lead semiconductor manufacturing in photolithography, thin film and dry etch areas. Patent awarded will be a plus. Commensurate salary. Benefits. Mail resume […]

Police: Girl’s diary detailed rapes by mother’s boyfriend
An English woman has been charged with aggravated sexual assault on a child following the discovery that her 7-year-old daughter kept a diary in which she noted when she was forced to have sex with her mother’s boyfriend.

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