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 →
Recently the news came out that 274 plainclothes FBI agents were at the J6 protests, and that some of them later complained they’d been used as political pawns. Some of the coverage on the right implied that they were embedded … Continue reading →
How can you tell who’s telling the truth about Comey and who’s lying? In this case, maybe all of them are lying. But Comey is probably telling even less of the truth about the matter than the others: While [Horowitz] … Continue reading →
Well, well, well – It actually happened: Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday on charges of making false statements and obstruction of justice. “No one is above the law,” Attorney General Pam Bondi … Continue reading →
One answer is: copycats. It’s in the air. I believe the same was true in the JFK, MLK, RFK assassinations. The latter two took place in April and June of 1968, a time of extraordinary upheaval. It was also an … Continue reading →