Via Eugene Volokh comes this insightful commentary:

State Rep. Ron Forster, who shares with White a district that includes sections of north Whitfield and Murray counties, said he is “absolutely” in favor of passing a law saying local governments may display the commandments.
“The Constitution only says the government shall not sponsor a religion,” Forster, R-Ringgold, said.
Asked about opponents’ argument that atheists or those who practice other religions feel they will be discriminated against when they see the commandments in government buildings, he said it “carries no weight.”
If a judge or public official doesn’t believe in God, “then that person is more likely to be corrupt,” Forster said.

Yes indeed–the corrupt ungodly. Here In Tennessee we already tried to take care of that. Hence, Art. IX, Sec. 2 of the Constitution:

No person who denies the being of God, or a future state of rewards and punishments, shall hold any office in the civil department of this state.

Just ignore Art. I, Sec. 4. or any similar provisions.

That’s all the police have to wait for you to answer your door before they break it down to execute a warrant, at least when they’re searching for drugs:

His case gave the court the opportunity to clarify how long police must wait before breaking into a home to serve a warrant. The court ruled 9-0 that a 20 second delay was ample, because any longer would give drug suspects time to flush evidence down the toilet.
. . .
[Writing for the court, Justice David H. Souter said] while “this call is a close one, we think that after 15 or 20 seconds without a response, police could fairly suspect that cocaine would be gone if they were reticent any longer.”

Given the facts of the case (the full decision is available here), this ruling seems reasonable. However the opinion should have used stronger language to distinguish the rule here from non-exigent situations. For instance, Justice Souter writes:

Police seeking a stolen piano may be able to spend more time to make sure they really need a battering ram.

May be able to spend more time? How about must spend more time?
At any rate, if the police come to your home searching for drugs, you better hope you’re not stuck in the shower.

Organizers of the Democratic National Convention are trying to make next year’s gathering a better T.V. event:

The idea is to inject life into the otherwise predictable proceedings with fresh camera angles that create the appearance of an interactive event.
. . .
In previous conventions, the stage has been built at a side or an end of the arena, with cameras mounted on platforms directly opposite. But cameras are mobile enough to be moved into position as necessary, as they are at sporting events, officials said.
Under the theater-in-the-round idea, the stage would be built in the area that’s center court for the Celtics and center ice for the Bruins, in a setup similar to one used in wrestling events and some concerts at the FleetCenter.
By putting the presidential nominee and other dignitaries in the center of the building, with exuberant delegates fanned out in every direction, planners are hoping to create more compelling television broadcasts. They hope to reverse the recent drop-off in coverage of national political conventions.
“These conventions have evolved,” said Rod O’Connor, chief executive of the Democratic National Convention Committee. “I’m not sure that we don’t need to take a look at the design of the convention, to take a look at what can be done differently. . . . We want to push the envelope in going through the design process.”

I’m no T.V. production expert, but that sounds like it might be a good idea.
Here’s another: instead of putting together a highly-scripted event which showcases every single Democratic interest group, how about simply lining up good speakers who offer compelling messages.
Or is that too old-fashioned now?

Here.

It’s not just a U.S. corporate phenomenon:

Yukos, the Russian oil giant, owes the government unpaid taxes totalling 150bn roubles ($5.05bn), Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday, citing a letter from the tax ministry.
The agency quoted from the letter that was addressed to the prosecutor general’s office. Interfax said the letter alleged that the company owed the amount in unpaid taxes but said the text had not made it clear whether Yukos had broken the law.
Both the tax ministry and the prosecutor general’s office declined to comment.
Yukos has said it used tax minimisation arrangements legally to keep tax bills low.

It doesn’t sound as if the Russian tax ministry is the most aggressive of agencies.