Новости за 04.02.2016

For a whole year my husband Karl’s ashes were tucked into a tasteful maroon box and matching carrier bag and hidden from view in another box by my front window. I’d sometimes have to nudge the box aside as I opened the window to water the flowers on the windowsill, and I always apologised to him as I did so.

Now that Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) is begging President Obama to declare a state of emergency over Flint’s water poisoning crisis, maybe it’s time to take a page from the “tough nerd” governor’s own playbook and mandate that, as a condition for any federal financial bailout, Snyder and the Republican legislature who created this emergency agree to be replaced by a federally appointed Emergency Manager with the responsibility and authority to make sure that the mess is cleaned up right.