That was the Northern Ohio Bank, which US Organized Crime Strike Force investigators said had been taken over by the Mob. The bank collapsed in 1975, costing the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. $30 million. Stansbury.

Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed. – I. F. STONE, 1907 – 1989.

Banks and other lending institutions – fearing loss of investor confidence – are notoriously loathe to admit they’ve been swindled. Therefore, they make excellent targets. Marvin.

Authentic journalism is telling people something that the government doesn’t want them to know.

We commonly see problems in adults that had been present since childhood but which take a toll on the heart over time.

You can't believe the government - on anything. And you especially can't believe them when they're talking about important stuff.

After spending three years of my life looking into this, I am more convinced than ever that the U.S. government's responsibility for the drug problems in South Central Los Angeles and other inner cities is greater than I ever wrote in the newspaper.

Authentic journalism is telling people something that the government doesn't want them to know.

God, [Freeway Rick] Ross firmly believed, had put him on earth to be the Cocaine Man. When he wasn't dealing, he was just like anybody else, maybe worse - an illiterate high-school dropout. A zero. But give him a pager and some dope, and he was a virtuoso.

I was winning awards, getting raises, lecturing college classes, appearing on TV shows, and judging journalism contests. And then I wrote some stories that made me realize how sadly misplaced my bliss had been. The reason I'd enjoyed such smooth sailing for so long hadn't been, as I'd assumed, because I was careful and diligent and good at my job... The truth was that, in all those years, I hadn't written anything important enough to suppress.