A former prosecutor has his say. His view accords pretty much with mine, but I think such a viewpoint is almost inevitable for anyone who looks at the transcript and combines it with the full video, and keeps an open … Continue reading →
[NOTE: The following is a slightly changed version of a post of mine. If you follow the links in the second paragraph, you’ll find three other pieces I’ve written about the decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima.] Once again … Continue reading →
I’ve previously analyzed the George Floyd transcripts here. Now the British paper Daily Mail has obtained the videos despite the efforts of prosecutor Keith Ellison to suppress them. Here’s a discussion by shipwreckedcrew of Red State about what the videos … Continue reading →
There have been periodic hints that some black people who would ordinarily vote Democratic – which is over 90% of black people – might lean towards Trump this time. I tend to doubt it. After all, we’ve heard it before … Continue reading →
Government malfeasance. Please read the whole thing.
Continue reading →…to crime-ridden cities: President Trump is deploying 100 federal agents to Chicago to help combat rising rates of some crimes – a move that marks an expansion of the White House’s intervention into local law enforcement as Trump continues to … Continue reading →
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 →