In this essay, Michelle Malkin uses a term I had never heard before but which I think fits what’s happening in the US today: It’s not “socialism” or “communism” under which we suffer. Our dangerously chaotic, selectively oppressive predicament is … Continue reading →
Portland used to be a pretty nice town. What happened?: …[S]omewhere around the time of the Ford administration…Portland reinvented itself as the Pyongyang of the Pacific Northwest, if with a few more trendy artisanal coffee bars than Kim Jong-un has … Continue reading →
And no ordinary murder, either. Last night a terrible and heartbreaking story emerged: the family of Esther Salas, a federal judge in New Jersey, was attacked. Her 20-year-old son was killed and her husband gravely wounded. It seemed to be … Continue reading →
Till last night I hadn’t realized that a transcript of the police interactions with George Floyd had already been released over a week ago. I would have thought it would have created a far bigger stir than it did, and … Continue reading →
As part of the current argument about what’s right and wrong with US police forces, a trend that often comes up is the greater “militarization” of police, which is seen by many people as part of the problem. As commenter … Continue reading →
Good: The National Association of Police Organizations endorsed President Trump’s reelection Wednesday, citing his “steadfast and very public support” for law enforcement. In a brief letter to Mr. Trump, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Times, NAPO … Continue reading →
In Detroit, a 20-year-old black man was killed by police. His name was Hakim Littleton. Black Lives Matter, the organization dedicated to publicizing and protesting all deaths of black people at the hands of police (particularly white police), sprung into … Continue reading →
That title is a quote from this article by Victor Davis Hanson. Please read the whole thing. Hanson isn’t ordinarily given to extreme statements. I’ve followed his columns and articles for years. He’s become more bitter and more angry, as … Continue reading →
They’re not just funny, although they’re that. They also have a succinct way of stating common sense, a quality which is all too rare these days:
Continue reading →At a City Council meeting in Seattle recently: The types of 911 calls that Seattle police respond to most are reported disturbances, suspicious circumstances, parking issues, public assistance needs and car crashes, accounting for 41% of all calls. Those are … Continue reading →
Seattle sees a steep rise in crime: Durkan’s emergency order booting protesters from the six-block cop-free zone makes mention of the “narcotics use and violent crime, including rape, robbery, assault, and increased gang activity” within the CHOP since it first … Continue reading →
Killings weren’t enough to get Durkan to give the order to take back CHOP. It was only when “protestors” came to Durkan’s house and scared her family that she clamped down on CHOP. Her excuse was the murders in the … Continue reading →