Not the Onion. This prospect is just another subset of the “bombs in body cavities” dilemma. I agree with this: The problem is another reason why we should be using behavioural analysis as the primary detection method to screen people … Continue reading →
Michael Totten interviewed Eric Trager, an expert on Egypt, shortly before the recent violence erupted there. Trager said: The military believes it not only has to remove Morsi, it has to decapitate the entire organization. Otherwise, the Brotherhood will re-emerge … Continue reading →
Today the violence and killing in Egypt has continued in similar fashion to that of yesterday. The reports (for what they’re worth) are that the death toll is now over 500. Here are some photos; I find that often the … Continue reading →
Today’s news is that between 100-150 people have been killed in two protest camps in Cairo as police attempted to clear them out. When I saw the headlines, I immediately pictured a big tent city, and then government security forces … Continue reading →
The wheels of justice grind slow, but they grind exceedingly fine: Jurors in the trial of James “Whitey” Bulger, the onetime Boston gang boss, have found him guilty of racketeering and conspiracy. Bulger, 83, wearing a gray long sleeve shirt, … Continue reading →
There’s been a new ruling curtailing New York’s controversial police practice of stop-and-frisk: In a blistering decision issued on Monday, the judge, Shira A. Scheindlin, found that on hundreds of thousands of occasions since 2004, the police have systematically stopped … Continue reading →
Did William Tecumsah Sherman foresee the future?: Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster. But his words seem archaic and bloodthirsty to most non-Jacksonian modern liberal ears: War is the remedy that our … Continue reading →
Highlighted at Instapundit: Girls commit dating violence as often as boys, studies show. “More girls ”“ 43 percent ”“ than boys ”“ 28 percent ”“ reported committing an act of physical dating violence, said researchers who are presenting their findings … Continue reading →
This is an outrage. An absolute outrage. Don’t read it if you don’t want to get very, very angry. PC insanity run amok allowed Hasan to commit his crime—which could have been seen coming several miles away on a foggy … Continue reading →
No, the BBC doesn’t actually say “Tea Party member.” Here’s what it does say: One of the brothers suspected of carrying out the Boston bombings was in possession of right-wing American literature in the run-up to the attack, BBC Panorama … Continue reading →
There was a fairly heated discussion in the comments thread in response to Anthony Branca’s remarks on the behavior of private citizens who are licensed to carry weapons, which appeared in this post over the weekend. Just to refresh your … Continue reading →
Look, I want to give Bill Cosby his props. He’s been speaking up courageously for years on the problems within the black community, and he’s gotten a lot of flak for it. It can’t have been easy for him. Here … Continue reading →