By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years
"Hurricane Sandy is a disturbing sign of things to come. We must heed this warning and act quickly to solve the climate crisis. Dirty energy makes dirty weather," says Al Gore, commenting on Hurricane Sandy in his personal blog.
"I can freely answer this question, since I have been buried alive, locked inside boxes of water, hung upside-down from helicopters and even cut Paris Hilton in half," Mr. Lovell tells Inside the Beltway. "You might think I belong in a straightjacket like the most rabid politicians."
"Which is scarier? Halloween, the current election or being buried alive? That's what I have asked myself," says Curtis Lovell, a California-based celebrity escape artist whose role model is the great illusionist Harry Houdini.
