In the matter of Zimmerman and Martin…
…some new evidence emerges. It’s not determinative, but it certainly tends to buttress Zimmerman’s claims.
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Stop and frisk, race, and crime
Has New York’s stop and frisk law really reduced crime? After all, remember that correlation is not causation. And are black men unfairly targeted by it, or is the proportion just about right considering the demographics of crime? And speaking … Continue reading →
Liberal tunnel vision: why vote for Romney?
In the lastest New Yorker, John Cassidy writes: In my neck of artisanal, hormone-free Brooklyn, the latest CBS News/New York Times poll, which shows Mitt Scissorhands leading “The First Gay President” by three points, landed with a nasty thud. “I … Continue reading →
Obama, the post-racial president
Again with the race card: He said this in 2008. He’s saying it again: “When your name is Barack Obama, it’s [an election] is always tight.” So that’s the reason he thinks it’ll be tight? Because the public is bigoted … Continue reading →
Blowing an agent’s cover
From the start of the latest underwear bomber story, I wondered who the leaker was. Now we learn more, including the fact that the undercover agent who was exposed wasn’t even our own guy, he was a British operative: The … Continue reading →
Another day, another dress
It’s hard to know quite what to say about Jennifer Lopez in this dress, except that it’s hideous, although JLo is a very attractive woman. What was she thinking? The only person who could pull this off would be a … Continue reading →
Poll: Obama’s a (gasp!) politician
Remember when Reverend Wright owned up to the obvious when he stated, “[Obama]…says what he has to say as a politician”? Well, in the matter of Obama’s gay marriage change of heart, America seems to agree, much to the consternation … Continue reading →
German elections: the North Rhine-Westphalians…
…just say no to the Christian Democrats. Merkel’s party lost a lot of ground in that section of Germany yesterday, and the Social Democrats (the SPD, described as “centre-left”) picked up what the CDU lost. This follows the pattern in … Continue reading →
Cover wars
In the matter of the dueling shock-value Newsweek and Time magazine covers, Ed Driscoll explains it all for you. And there’s something so disturbing about the Time cover that I’m not putting the image on the blog. It’s certainly not … Continue reading →
Happy Mother’s Day: mothers and babies
[NOTE: This is a repeat of a previous post.] Okay, who are these three dark beauties? A hint: one of them is the very first picture you’ve ever seen on this blog of neo-neocon, sans apple. Not that you’d recognize … Continue reading →
Etudes in Boston
I saw the Boston Ballet perform last night. The first dance was forgettable, the second a great classic, Jerome Robbins’ “Fancy Free.” That alone would have been worth the price of admission, with its Bernstein music, its swingy 40s ambiance, … Continue reading →
JP Morgan and regulation
So, does the debacle at JP Morgan mean banks should be more regulated? In Business Week, Henry Blodgett answers “yes”—because, despite the fact that Morgan’s CEO Dimon is one of the best and smartest of the bunch, the situation has … Continue reading →