I’ve read several articles about how the evil Republicans are purging the voter ranks in Florida at the eleventh hour in order to get rid of as many Democrats as possible, complete with egregious examples such as that of “Bill … Continue reading →
…had nothing on this story.
Continue reading →I’m going to go on record here as saying that I think this will turn out to be a false confession. Unfortunately—because it would be a good thing if this terrible and tragic mystery of over three-decades duration were to … Continue reading →
Several eyewitnesses in the Zimmerman-Martin case have changed their original accounts, mostly to reflect more poorly on Zimmerman. This is disturbing, but not at all unusual. Eyewitness testimony, which many people give extreme weight to, is notoriously unreliable. And that’s … Continue reading →
Some of the new evidence about the Zimmerman-Martin confrontation actually appears to be penetrating the public awareness, according to the results of this poll: A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 24% of American Adults still believe the … Continue reading →
…to take on the Zimmerman prosecutor. And he is a formidable foe: A medical report by George Zimmerman’s doctor has disclosed that Zimmerman had a fractured nose, two black eyes, two lacerations on the back of his head and a … Continue reading →
The autopsy report found that the shot that killed Trayon Martin was fired from what’s called an “intermediate” distance. That actually means: In intermediate-range wounds, the muzzle is held away from the skin but close enough that it still produces … Continue reading →
…some new evidence emerges. It’s not determinative, but it certainly tends to buttress Zimmerman’s claims.
Continue reading →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 →
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, mastermind of 9/11, is now on trial along with four accomplices. And it’s in a military court rather than the civilian courts the Obama administration would have preferred. Thank goodness. One of the worst excesses of the … Continue reading →
Remember the SCOTUS hearings on Obamacare? The Obama administration’s Solicitor General, Donald Verrilli, was widely seen as incompetent in his defense of the statute’s constitutionality. Now he’s arguing for the administration in the Arizona immigration law case, and it’s not … Continue reading →