Miscellaneous News

It isn't enough employers check your criminal history, your references, and even your credit history; at least one employer now wants to know whether you are a member of internet social groups and the like, such as Facebook.

This can't be constitutional.
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So much for the Chicago Public Schools idea of bribing, er, paying students for good grades.
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James Auchincloss, half-brother to the late Jackie O., has canceled his Ashland, Oregon, Family YMCA membership.

Associated Press has a somewhat long piece about Auchincloss's travails and his connection to the Kennedy family:

Friends and supporters doubt the accusations. They describe Auchincloss as a quiet, friendly man who regularly attends plays and stage productions, compiles video and film history of past presidents, and generally keeps a low profile despite his famous family ties.

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According to some people who know the distinguished Auchincloss family, who made their money in oil and financing, James Auchincloss was considered something of a pariah by his half-sister, Jackie.

Various reasons have been given.

Kitty Kelley, who wrote a racy biography of Jackie titled "Jackie, Oh," believes Auchincloss was ostracized for serving as one of the better sources for the book.

In an e-mail, Kelley said Auchincloss was in the audience of a talk show a few years after the biography was published and Kelley was promoting another book.

"Jamie stood up, said he believed everything I had written was true" and "as a result of that book and everything he had told me, his sister never spoke to him again," Kelley said.

McManus offers another explanation for any ill will that may have existed between Jackie and her half brother.

He said Auchincloss confided that his fascination with young boys went back to his teenage years, and that Jackie banned Auchincloss from having contact with her son, John F. Kennedy Jr.

However, he does have a lot of support of friends and associates who discount the child porn accusations.

Stay tuned for the next episode.

The New York Post had a piece a few days ago claiming Auchincloss had a fixation on a very young JFK Jr..