The initial articles’ descriptions of the end of the Texas synagogue standoff were so murky that I wondered what really happened. Had law enforcement been instrumental in freeing the hostages, or not? Had they been let go? Had they escaped? … Continue reading →
A 40-year-old woman named Michelle Go was killed Saturday morning by a 61-year-old vagrant who pushed her onto the tracks in the path of an oncoming train. The woman was Asian, the man black. That NY Post writer asks a … Continue reading →
When I was in law school many many years ago, I studied Criminal Law my first year, as did virtually all law students at the time. As part of that course, there were three criminal doctrines I found disturbing – … Continue reading →
Ted Cruz isn’t perfect and wasn’t perfect even before he made his remarks about the January 6th defendants being “terrorists.” But he’s long been one of the most consistently conservative members of Congress. He’s also unusually smart, and rarely makes … Continue reading →
…and they are very extreme. Ordinarily, life sentences – and especially life without parole- are reserved for the most heinous of premeditated, purposeful,, callous murders. No more. If you’re a white guy who looks like he might be a member … Continue reading →
My gut feeling is that most Americans who are not on the left are heartily sick of hearing about the horrors of January 6th from the Democrats’ perspective, and have Moved On to more pressing concerns like inflation and crime. … Continue reading →
…it’s got a new Soros-backed DA named Alvin Bragg. And you know what that means: Bragg took over on January 1. On January 4, Bragg promised to instill new rules similar to those in San Francisco and Philadelphia, both of … Continue reading →
Here’s a good summation by Andrew Branca of the travesty of the Kim Potter conviction: it’s my professional opinion that the conviction of Potter on charges of manslaughter is a blatant miscarriage of justice based on the fact that manslaughter … Continue reading →
[NOTE: The topic of the two-volume graphic novel Maus came up in a recent thread, and I’ve decided to republish a review that I first wrote in 2009. So here it is.] I recently reread the two-volume graphic novel Maus, … Continue reading →
I’ve written quite a few previous posts on the idea that government-agent-generated entrapment may have been a big part of the January 6th proceedings. Much of the evidence for this theory is that there are quite a few men who … Continue reading →
I’ve covered this topic already in many posts, but here’s a newer article that focuses on some of the corruption of the FBI agents and informants involved in entrapping the Michigan Whitmer kidnapping defendants. I use the word “entrapping” purposely, … Continue reading →
I’ve written exhaustively on the subject of Derek Chauvin and the death of George Floyd. I’m not going to go into the details again here, but suffice to say that Chauvin was following police recommended procedure at the time, and … Continue reading →