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We cannot be sure the alleged victim committed extortion without more details. At first blush it seems probable, yet extortion laws vary from state to state and a prosecutor looks for the low-hanging fruit such as structured withdrawals of cash to avoid bank reporting regulations. The Feds...

I ask the questions whether the extortionist should be prosecuted and should extorted money kept because a large segment of the American public are going to want Hastert's head on a pike if allegations of sexual misconduct toward a minor are true. Of course, the extortionist should be...

Should the extortionist be allowed to keep the $900,000 cash gained through blackmail?

Regardless of Hastert's misconduct, should the extortionist be prosecuted as well?

So we continue splitting the atom into ever smaller pieces?

Imagine the horror of having a Speaker of the House who is so ethically compromised that he or she can be blackmailed to the tune of millions of dollars for prior bad acts? Yes, supposedly the hush money payments began after Hastert left Congress, but the threat of extortion must have been...

The high school dropout rate in Texas might be connected to the hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants flooding into Texas schools. Poor, illiterate children from Mexico and other Central American countries would face real hurdles in completing a high school education in the US. In 2011...

Okay. I am not trained in science. In plain language, what is the import of this development?

As the father of three, one Marine son and two daughters-all in their 20's, this video of a Marine surprising his sister at her wedding is heartwarming. http://on.aol.com/video/marine-surprises-bride-on-wedding-day-518240106

What an awesome story and inspiring photography. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3096261/

Cheri, you're imagining things , again. Only one nation has legalized homosexual marriage by popular vote: Ireland. Just a few days ago. Abnormal conduct isn't nearly as popular or widespread as some would have us believe.

The push for rapid and radical social change is not something to take lightly. Thriving, stable cultures don't just pop up out of nowhere. The accumulated wisdom of hundreds of generations underpin societies and that wisdom has value. The United States Supreme Court will hand down its rulings...

Private schools are an alternative to this madness. Soon, there won't be one vestige of traditional thought left in our public education systems. Those pushing for radical social change are having their day and the acceleration of change is alarming. We don't know where this leads. How did...

It's alarming. The moral corruption of young children is unforgiveable. If the LGBT groupies want to take a magic carpet ride into some gender-bender fantasyland, it's rather harmless. However, when they start trying to mainstream their pathos in the school curriculum, that's a problem for...

http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2015/05/20/midland-pastor-resigns-gay/27637341/[/QUOT Cheri, can you find a legitimate dictionary in any language of the world where a wife is anything other than female?

Skyraider, to your question, "How does ISIS do what they do?" ... ISIS relies on terror. Terror is a force multiplier. Our President knows the scope of slaughter going on in Iraq, Libya, Syria, North Africa and other parts of that region. Apparently, our President has given tacit approval...

That's it in a nutshell. ISIS is committed to victory for their beliefs and we are not. If nothing changes, by default, they win.

I understand the elites do not want the plebes anywhere near the democratic process. It frightens them. Maybe I have more respect for the average man or woman in that a high school principal or a fireman or an emergency room nurse could manage a debate with dignity and decorum. Sure, it might...

Why not have a lottery drawing from ordinary US citizens? Let ordinary people moderate the debates? Both of you would be acceptable to me. Someone like Joe the Plumber or a lottery draw from ordinary US citizens would be something to consider. Anyone who has attended a White House...

A regular street gang is likely to be populated by young males in their teens or 20's and probably physically fit. The mugshots available of the motorcycle clowns show several tubby greybeards who look better suited to be greeters at Walmart. These thugs, if they can be promoted to that...