Detroit is bankrupt
Literally. The article says it’s the largest city in the US to ever file for bankruptcy, but New York came mighty close in 1975. I know, because I owned a very small NYC bond at the time, and I remember … Continue reading →
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In case you haven’t seen this video…
…take a look. I think it explains a lot, although I’d bet money that very few people have watched it. Remember, also, that this video was made the day after Martin was killed, and Zimmerman had talked to police right … Continue reading →
The Rolling Stones…
…are gathering some moss. But Happy 70th Birthday anyway, Mick! Here’s the birthday boy: Does he look good for 70? I suppose so, but I’ve lost sight of what 70 looks like, people age so variably. And I must say … Continue reading →
Getting back to the business of the “scandals”
Most people refer to the problems that have come to the fore in Obama’s second term—the deepening of the Benghazi evidence of wrongdoing on the government’s part, the misuse of the IRS’s power for political reasons, the NSA domestic spying, … Continue reading →
What I took away…
…from this post of Ace’s is that Al Sharpton is 58. Fifty-eight? He looks seventy-eight to me. I consider fifty-eight young (hey, I’m starting to consider seventy-eight kinda young, too. It’s all in the attitude, right?) Sharpton used to be … Continue reading →
Racism and paranoia: something about the Zimmerman case continues to get my goat…
…big time. I keep trying to stop writing about the case and focus on other things, because there are surely plenty of important ones. But my frustration and anger is actually building rather than letting up, which is a surprise … Continue reading →
Who uses Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” disproportionately?
Why, black people, that’s who. This should come as no surprise whatsoever. After all, black people are disproportionately the victims and perpetrators of violent crime, most often black-on-black crime, although that doesn’t grab the headlines very often. But SYG has … Continue reading →
Suing the Zimmerman prosecutors
The line’s getting pretty long.
Continue reading →Just when you think it can’t get any worse…
…it does. As usual, Thomas Sowell nails it. I fear the answer to his last question, “is this still America?” is “no.” [ADDENDUM: Here’s one of the best comments at Ace’s: I found mattress tags in Zimmerman’s trash. Signed by … Continue reading →
Et tu, WSJ?
Maybe I shouldn’t have, but I expected better from the WSJ editors than this: Mr. Zimmerman made many mistakes that February evening, not least failing to heed police advice not to pursue Martin. Earth to WSJ editors: do your homework. … Continue reading →
If you thought the Zimmerman/Martin case couldn’t get any stranger…
…then you thought wrong. So, was Martin guilty of a homophobic hate crime when he assaulted Zimmerman? You know, I keep wanting to get away from writing about this case. It’s dominated the news so much for quite a while, … Continue reading →
Yes, Zimmerman should sue Angela Corey for defamation
[See addenda below, as well.] Not for anything that happened during the trial itself, of course. She gets immunity for that. But the minute I heard that Corey had given a post-trial interview to the media in which she called … Continue reading →