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Sometime this spring, the Supreme Court will hand down its decision in the case of Hudson v. Michigan. At issue is whether or not police who used an illegal "no-knock" raid to enter a defendant's home can use the drugs they seized inside against the defendant at trial. To understand the importance of this case, some background is in order. As the name indicates, a "no-knock" raid occurs when police forcibly enter a private residence without first knocking and announcing that they're the police. The tactic is appropriate in a few limited situations, such as when hostages or fugitives are...

Much has been said about the late President Ronald Reagan:how he stood up to the Soviets,etc. (You've all read the words.)What was not generally known was that he did quite a bit more. "At the Abyss" is an account of the Cold War years-from Harry Truman to George Bush,Sr.-as told by Thomas C. Reed:an Air Force officer who actually helped design our nuclear deterrent,and who went on to become Secretary of the Air Force. One of thepoints he makes is that Ronald Reagan became aware of just how desperate the Russians' financial condition was.They were spending 50 to 70% of...