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 →
I was surprised at the amount of misunderstanding that seems to have been sparked by my article yesterday speculating on the possibility that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is a psychopath. I thought certain things about psychopathy were evident from the article, but … Continue reading →
…the Sanford police not to give Zimmerman his gun back. If something happens to him as a result, I assume the family can sue the FBI? This has gone beyond a show trial. By the way, I’ve said it before … Continue reading →
…big time. I keep trying to stop writing about the case and focus on other things, because there are surely plenty of important ones. But my frustration and anger is actually building rather than letting up, which is a surprise … Continue reading →
Why, black people, that’s who. This should come as no surprise whatsoever. After all, black people are disproportionately the victims and perpetrators of violent crime, most often black-on-black crime, although that doesn’t grab the headlines very often. But SYG has … Continue reading →
Why, Al Sharpton, that’s who. I was previously unfamiliar with many of the details in the story at the above link; please read the whole thing. Who among the three suffered the most at the hands of Sharpton? For Zimmerman, … Continue reading →