By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years

In this, 40th year of legalized abortion in America, Hollywood and Planned Parenthood want you to know abortion is no big deal.
If Joel Hanrahan can do for the Boston Red Sox what he did against them, they should be very happy with their new closer.
If Joel Hanrahan can do for the Boston Red Sox what he did against them, they should be very happy with their new closer.
When Larry Nelson won the last Father-Son Challenge with son Drew, the runner-up duo included a high school freshman just beginning to grow into his body and his swing.
Just when you thought you'd never hear Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me" again outside of a strip club comes "Rock of Ages," a shiny, splashy homage to the decadence of 1980s rock `n' roll.
Tom Cruise attended the European premier of his new film "Rock of Ages" in London's Leicester Square on Sunday and was joined on the red carpet by fellow stars Julianne Hough, Russell Brand, Paul Giamatti and Mary J. Blige.
Tom Cruise is rocking London with the European premiere of his new film "Rock of Ages," a tribute to the big-haired, big-riffing glam metal sound of the 1980s.
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"It doesn't have to be over," he says. "We could start a life. I can go to college. I can get a job. There are plenty of people who can help us."
He says books sales have been good, including orders for more than 1,000 copies at a signing last week at a Maryland Republican Party function, and that reviews have been largely fair, but split between the liberal and conservative press.