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• FINANCIAL MISCONDUCT: What is a Ponzi scheme and how did Madoff get away with it for so long?

  Steve Lombardi | April 10, 2009 5:36 PM | 6 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  A Ponzi scheme is a form of a pyramid scheme. In a Ponzi scheme the instigator interacts with the investors. The ruse is carried out by creating the false impression that...

• Boy in fifth grade determined by Illinois coroner to have committed suicide.

  Steve Lombardi | February 10, 2009 2:08 PM | 6 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Initially reported as an accidental hanging the report now concludes suicide. It’s just difficult to appreciate how a 10-year old boy in fifth grade could choose to take his own life? My...

• Lately, America’s largest imported product seems to be communism

  Steve Lombardi | February 06, 2009 1:25 PM | 6 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  As an American, if you don't believe in some form of regulating imported products then you're a communist. If as an American you don't think the people of China need freedom of speech then you are a...

• It Seems Texans Don’t Know the Difference between Sex-Ed and Child Porn

  Steve Lombardi | October 30, 2009 2:12 PM | 5 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  A father who forced his children to watch hard-core porn, including group sex can’t be charged under Texas law according to the Randall County District Attorney. The children are and 8 and...

• TBI Can Cause Personality Changes, Criminal Behavior

  Steve Lombardi | October 19, 2009 10:09 AM | 5 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  On September 23, 2009, Bruce Mundy, riding a motorcycle was allegedly struck by Santos Vidal Rodriguez, age 26 who is reported to have been driving an SUV, according to the Des Moines Register....

• Apology Shield - Diagnosing Truth With a Broken Lie Detector

  Steve Lombardi | September 26, 2009 10:47 AM | 5 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO EXPOSE THE FAKE APOLOGY We’ve been covering the apology shield this week and I’m having fun with it, but deep down there’s a serious side to this...

• TLC Goes from Jon & Kate to, “There’s Always A Good Time to Use A Taser”

  Steve Lombardi | August 20, 2009 9:03 AM | 5 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Now that the TLC is finished making destroyed family values into weekly entertainment the network is moving into the area of crime is sexy and making it into weekly entertainment. Meet the latest...

• Florida’s Burmese Python Snake Problem Requires an Amnesty Program

  Steve Lombardi | July 30, 2009 3:06 PM | 5 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Florida has a Burmese Python Snake problem, too many snakes on the loose in the Florida Everglades. Either they’ve escaped from a pet store during Hurricane Andrew or else the snake owners who...

• Is the Taser a tool of law enforcement too easily used to abuse police power?

  Steve Lombardi | July 27, 2009 11:01 AM | 5 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Last week I wrote about an Australian law enforcement situation involving a tasering, that resulted in an explosion and a man catching fire. One of the commenters got abusive with the writer because...

• States Should Begin Jailing Mothers Who Wrongfully Identify Men in Paternity Actions

  Steve Lombardi | July 27, 2009 10:45 AM | 5 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  It should be called the Hatley Amendment, in honor of Frank Hatley, a 50-year-old man who’s been in jail since June 2008 for not paying child support even though two separate DNA tests...