It occurs to me…
…that even though I absolutely hate, hate, hate this election, it is probably the most interesting one in my lifetime. And next week’s debate holds the promise (threat?) of being particularly “interesting,” too.
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Passengers who land the plane
A recent YouTube distraction of mine has been to watch videos about situations in which airplane passengers in small private planes were faced with the frightening necessity of landing the aircraft when the pilot of the planes suddenly died. Pretty … Continue reading →
My post at Legal Insurrection on the Crutcher case
I have a post up at Legal Insurrection that is a comprehensive look at what we know about the Terence Crutcher case so far (or at least, what we knew last night, when I did the bulk of the research … Continue reading →
UPDATES on the Crutcher shooting
[Scroll down for more updates.] More information on the Crutcher case is coming out, and the situation may be even worse than what I had discussed earlier today. The claim now is that Crutcher wasn’t even reaching into his car … Continue reading →
And now for something really important—and non-Trump-related…
…is this the end of Brangelina? Is anyone surprised? [NOTE: Actually, you may have noticed I haven’t written anything about Donald Trump today. Every now and then I need to take a Trump vacation.]
Continue reading →Tulsa killing of unarmed black man by police
This incident looks like the real thing: a trigger-happy cop panicking and killing an innocent black man, Terence Crutcher. We don’t know enough about it to make a final judgment, but so far the fact situation looks bad. The exchange … Continue reading →
Rahami was already known to be a bad apple, but…what to do?
It’s such a familiar story. After acts of terrorism (or even non-terrorist mass shootings) we hear one of two refrains: he (or she, but it’s almost always a “he”) was a quiet and regular guy and no one saw it … Continue reading →
A Rose for Emily
Life imitates art. I encountered “A Rose for Emily” somewhere in school; don’t remember exactly when, but it was early. The stuff of nightmares..
Continue reading →Which comes first, the duck or the chicken?
On the “literally” thread, commenter expat asked a burning question: Maybe you can help me figure out whether the duck who lives with my cousin’s chickens is literally transspecies. His egg was abandoned by his mother in the creek that … Continue reading →
Minnesota terror attack
In all the furor over the New York bombings and the capture of the suspect-at-large, let’s not forget the Minnesota mall stabbings: The man who stabbed nine people at a Minnesota mall before an off-duty police officer fatally shot him … Continue reading →
Terrorist suspect in New York and New Jersey bombings captured
Ahmad Khan Rahami, a man suspected in connection with the recent New York and New Jersey bombings, has been captured after a shootout with police in New Jersey: The FBI had earlier released a wanted poster for the 28-year-old Rahami, … Continue reading →
On the Flight 93 election article
By now many of you have probably read the “Flight 93 Election” essay by Publius Decius Mus, a piece that’s gone viral. It was recommended to me by a great many people, and among them are no small number of … Continue reading →