The ruling greatly increases the pressure on Congress to make significant changes””or end outright””the surveillance program. The judges not only ruled against the phone program, but sharply criticized many of the legal theories upon which the U.S. government has built … Continue reading →
Another Tweeter with an itchy Twitter trigger finger* learns that pausing to think before tweeting might be wiser: Chris Cuomo is co-host of CNN’s morning show. He’s also a former law and justice correspondent for ABC News. He has a … Continue reading →
The Baltimore Sun reports that an investigative Task Force of the Baltimore Police Department has found that, contrary to the assertion by prosecutor Marilyn Mosby, Freddie Gray’s knife was illegal (just as the arresting police had claimed): While Mosby said … Continue reading →
Passengers noticed nothing out of the ordinary, but Alps-crash copilot Andreas Lubitz had practiced his descent-programming skills on the previous flight. He apparently waited until the pilot had stepped out of the cabin for a few minutes, and then he … Continue reading →
And this is the photo. Isn’t the little critter on the right of the picture (not the one on the left) just the cutest thing? A bipartisan photo op. It occurs to me that this photo should offend no one, … Continue reading →
This is certainly interesting: two of the surviving Charlie Hebdo cartoonists say they are very very different from Pam Geller and her group, organizers of the free speech event in Texas that was threatened by two gunman. Geller organized the … Continue reading →
Lately it seems that nearly every transaction any more complex than buying groceries at the local market must be performed at least twice, sometimes three and four times. A recent mail-order product return, for example. I had bought some jeans … Continue reading →
Anyone who follows the news knows by now that of the six officers who have been charged in Freddie Gray’s death, it is an even split in terms of race: three are white and three are black. The most severe … Continue reading →
If I were a NY firefighter—woman or man—this would make me very, very angry: The FDNY for the first time in its history will allow someone who failed its crucial physical-fitness test to join the Bravest, The Post has learned. … Continue reading →
No surprise that it is a terrorist known to the police, who most likely made a threat a very short while before the shooting: One of the suspects in the shooting in Garland, Texas, late Sunday has been identified as … Continue reading →
Europe comes to America: Two armed men were killed after opening fire on a security guard outside an exhibit of artistic depictions of the Muslim prophet Muhammad in suburban Dallas Sunday evening. The city of Garland said in a statement … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “Alifa.”] I just received the news that Russian dancer Maya Plisetskaya (whose full name should have been “the great Maya Plisetskaya”) has died at the age of 89 in Germany. Death appears to have come suddenly, of … Continue reading →