Much of the time, flipping between MSNBC, Fox and CNN would lead one to think each was from a different country, or perhaps universe, given what they deemed the big news story of the moment. Not so yesterday about dinner
Tuesday Talk*: The MAL Raid
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The Cop Who Didn’t
The obvious failing of the argument that a violent, dirty or otherwise bad cop is “one bad apple” is that they’re not alone. Others were there when they beat or killed someone, lied on an affidavit, a report or in
Breonna’s Death Started With Petty Lies
It’s hard to explain why the no-knock warrant at Breonna Taylor’s home became a cause celebre. Not that it doesn’t deserve that degree of attention, but it’s hardly the first or only time its happened, that death resulted, that every
Seaton: Sheriff Roy’s Dishwasher Blues
Sheriff Roy Templeton finally had a day off. He’d told Deputy Miranda, his second in command, to hold all calls for the day unless the matter was nothing short of an active shooter scenario. Settling into his easy chair, Mud
Gibson’s Judgment Is Only Paper Until It’s Paid
It all started five years ago, when passions at Oberlin College, always high, were reaching a new apex, and so Gibson’s Bakery became an easy target for condemnation when it called the police on a black student for shoplifting, inter
Kansas or Bust
A few unusual things happened in Kansas the other day. A lot of people turned out to vote on a weird day that didn’t usually involve a voting. They voted on a proposition worded backwards that could have been set
Short Take: Will DC Fast Charger Do The Trick?
A big part of President Biden’s green plan to electrify motor vehicles is to spend $5 billion to create a national network of direct current fast chargers. Not that there aren’t a dozen other issues still to be faced, but
Tuesday Talk*: Was Reffitt’s “Trial Tax” Too High?
He went to trial. He was sentenced. And his sentence, 87 months, was on the low end of the guidelines, and far below the sentenced sought by the government, which asked for a terrorism enhancement that would have brought the
Short Take: Cop on Cop
What to make of this video? As has become the norm, activists of greater passion than knowledge will try to spin it to fit into their paradigm, in this instance to show how all cops are inherently violent and abusive.
Lessons Learned From Seth Godin
Sometimes, I “starred” posts on my RSS feed to look back later, whether to see how they held up or just to remember what the trend of the time was. And a confession, one of the blogs on my feed