Wednesday, August 13, 2008 America’s Worst Sheriffs, Part I (This is the first of an occasional series.)Morro Bay’s municipal leaders embrace a “felon”? Charles Lynch (center, with ceremonial scissors) is welcomed by the community’s business elite as he opens a licensed medical marijuana dispensary. The red-haired lady to his left is Mayor Janice Peters, who […]

Tuesday, July 8, 2008 It’s a Thieves’ World After All As I was going over the Cork and Kerry mountainsI saw Captain Ferrell, and his money — he was countin’;I first produced my pistol,then produced my rapier, and said, “Stand and deliver -or the Devil, he may take ya.”Whiskey in the Jar(trad. Irish folk tune, […]

Monday, July 7, 2008 Banditti in Blue (Thanks to the Strike The Root blog.)A robber poses with his loot: The lucrative racket called “asset forfeiture,” in which police steal money, cars, homes, and other valuables without convicting their owners of crimes, is a major reason why the fraudulent “War on Drugs” continues. David Seward’s problem […]

Friday, October 17, 2008 The Enforcement Arm of the Robber State Tie him to the Whipping Post: Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman apparently sees nothing amiss in sending his thugs to steal the life savings of a seriously ill, law-abiding elderly couple. As the economy collapses, credit lines become constricted, and tax revenues are choked […]

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 The Subject “People” vs. The Ruling “Persons” (Second Update, April 23) “An act like that can’t be ignored,” insisted Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Miller by way of explaining the gang assault, battery, and arrest of 74-year-old Holocaust survivor Elena Reichman at the Palm Beach International Airport. “A Deputy is […]

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Fare Thee Well, and Get Ye Lost Now, hatred is by far the longest pleasure; men love in haste, but they detest at leisure. — ByronFor the past eight years, Republicans have diligently cultivated the doctrine of Fuhrerprinzip and nurtured the Cult of the Imperial Presidency. In two weeks the harvest […]

Monday, October 27, 2008 Pwned by the “Ownership Society” Public Enemy on the loose! After spending a weekend in jail — without bail — for the supposed crime of having a brown lawn, 66-year-old Joseph Prudente defiantly models the “Grandpa Gone Wild” novelty t-shirt his grandchildren bought in his honor. Here’s how “justice,” as our […]

Tuesday, February 12, 2008 Theater of the Absurd (Updated) It’s difficult to believe that viewing the epic cinematic debacle Troy could be the high point of an evening, but such was the case for two Utah couples on the evening of May 23, 2004. Harold Curtis and his wife Leslie settled into their seats at […]