When I first read this I thought it ludicrous that the authors pretty much dismiss the Ferguson effect as being a major cause of the recent crime rise in many major cities—because it seems so obviously part of it. But … Continue reading →
It’s not as though the Trump University fraud trial was unknown till recently. It had just gotten lost in the shuffle of so many other things. I went back to see what I had previously written about it, and I … Continue reading →
…and were too weary to ask. Well, maybe not everything. But plenty. Please take a look. Excerpts (this was written in 2014): The supreme court of New York ruled earlier that Trump University, now renamed Trump Entrepreneur Initiative, LLC, is … Continue reading →
My “note” at the end of this post has engendered quite a bit of discussion about Trump’s remarks accusing Judge Gonzalo Curiel of bias. First, let me repeat a bit of what I wrote there: Trump’s “racist” comment about the … Continue reading →
I noticed that a prominent Trump facilitator and a prominent Trump shill are rather unhappy with Trump’s recent comments about Judge Gonzalo Curiel. The facilitator is Joe Scarborough: After months of amiable interviews and a report that their “friendship” was … Continue reading →
The charges were second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and two counts of misconduct in office: WJZ’s Ron Matz says the trial was attended by a group of Baltimore City police officers, most in plain clothes. After the verdict was read, they … Continue reading →
David French suggests that rejecting federal funding is the remedy if states wish to reclaim their right to be free of executive actions such as the Obama administration’s directive on school bathrooms [emphasis mine]: Without an act of Congress, without … Continue reading →
And so he—that is, his Departments of Justice and Education—have issued this letter of “guidance.” I sometimes wonder whether Obama is trying to sabotage Hillary Clinton’s chances of getting elected. Because I think that this “decree” is the sort of … Continue reading →
Famous Russian dissident Vladimir Bukovsky is in big trouble. It isn’t the first time. But what’s going on now is very disturbing, both in human terms and for what it says about the current Russian government (much of which we … Continue reading →
…we realize that we have no idea how to set legal limits for driving under the influence: The study commissioned by AAA’s safety foundation said it’s not possible to set a blood-test threshold for THC, the chemical in marijuana that … Continue reading →
Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert has received a fifteen-month prison sentence for the bank withdrawal charges involving the payment of hush money to one of his sexual abuse victims (which I had discussed previously here). They can’t get him on … Continue reading →
Reading SCOTUS tea leaves is a difficult but nearly irresistible temptation. This time the case is a big one (and Justice Scalia will be sorely missed by the right, as he has been several times since his death): whether President … Continue reading →