What could be more disturbing than having Congress and President Obama discard single-payer universal health care from consideration? Seeing gun-toting, death-threatening opponents, along with obscenely high lobbying dollars, go unchallenged by most Democrats, Republicans, and good-willed Americans alike.

Why is Chuck Turner in Handcuffs?

The Boston media used a grainy photograph released by the FBI to conclude that Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner is guilty of extortion. But the accompanying FBI affidavit, when shorn of speculation and irrelevancies, is a decidedly unconvincing document that fails to provide a legitimate law enforcement justification for the targeting of Turner. Could it be that Chuck Turner’s history as an outspoken critic of the FBI had something to do with his being targeted?