When people say we need more government to solve our problems, cases like this come to mind. From the Chicago Tribune Cornelius Osborne may not seem like baby-sitting material. He was convicted of raping two women. A succession of felonies, from robbery to failing to register as a sex offender, repeatedly sent him to prison, state records show. But over more than two years, the state paid Osborne nearly $5,000 to baby-sit two children, before his latest conviction — for dealing drugs — put ... Read More

If you live in Massachusetts, and you are concerned or curious about where your tax dollars are going, be alerted that your money could pay for Robert Kosilek's, a man convicted to life in prison for murdering his wife, sex change operation. This man wrapped a wire around his wife's neck three times and strangled her, dumped her in the back of car, and left her at a mall. Even though the state hasn't moved yet on the operation, it has gone way beyond, ... Read More