Remember Boasberg? I do. My first mention of him on this blog was back in 2015, concerning his ultra-liberal rulings on illegal immigration. Here’s a list of all the posts in which I mention Boasberg; there are quite a few. … Continue reading →
First, to refresh your memory on Clouseau: And this is the sort of incompetence I’m talking about, in the Louvre investigation: As a manhunt continued on Monday for suspects in the Louvre Museum jewel heist, the Paris Prosecutor said she … Continue reading →
I’ve not been taken in by a scam – so far. But never say never. The crooks are getting more and more clever. And so I’d like to warn you about this con game, in which the scammers manage somehow … Continue reading →
I imagine many if not most of you have visited the Louvre, so I’m not telling you anything you don’t know when I say that the place is big. Really, really huge. So it must be quite difficult to secure. … Continue reading →
Query of the day: is it a revenge prosecution when the person indicted really does seem to be guilty of something that’s not utterly minor and meaningless? For extra credit: If any prosecution of someone who is or was your … Continue reading →
There’s been a lot of buzz about this article. An excerpt: This cancellation was feminine, the essay argued, because all cancellations are feminine. Cancel culture is simply what women do whenever there are enough of them in a given organization … Continue reading →
We knew this was coming: John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser-turned-adversary, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Maryland. He now faces 18 charges: eight counts of transmission of national defense information and 10 counts … Continue reading →
It was inevitable that after the announcement of the Israel/Gaza peace plan agreement and the initial euphoria about the hostage return, two things would occur fairly quickly. The first is that the Palestinians would declare this to be a victory … Continue reading →
From Glenn Reynolds: In Chicago on Saturday, a mob of protesters surrounded ICE agents on a routine patrol, ramming their vehicle and boxing it in with 10 cars to frustrate immigration enforcement efforts. Chicago officials allegedly ordered the city’s police … Continue reading →
Some men just want to see the world burn. And this man may be one of them [hat tip: commenter “Kate”]: The suspect, 29-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht, was arrested at his home in Melbourne, Florida, on Tuesday, officials said during a … Continue reading →
If you want to kill a SCOTUS justice, and get close enough to be charged with attempting to kill or kidnap a SCOTUS justice and have to plead guilty, it’s worth your while (if you’re a man, that is) to … Continue reading →
If it sometimes seems as though these things are contagious, it’s because they probably are. Not literally contagious, of course. But susceptible minds read about a mass shooting or see a video, and a few of them think, “What a … Continue reading →