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We Should Never Grow Tired of Saying ‘I Told You So’
**I wrote this three years ago, look at the last sentence** If I made the statement right now that this society is in a culture war I don’t think anyone reading this would argue with me. I know that a lot of you would say that free speech is under attack, but...
To the Rescue!
Thank goodness the Peruvian government is protecting its young people from Covid-19.
Shot By Cops, Thwarted By Judges And Geography
How qualified immunity works: U.S. courts show wide regional disparities in granting qualified immunity, the controversial legal doctrine now under fire for protecting officers accused of excessive force. The shooter was Fort Worth, Texas, police officer Hugo Barron....
News Roundup 8/25/20
US News A judge rejected a police officer’s bid for qualified immunity. The police officer strip-searched a four-year-old while investigating a mother for leaving her kids in the car for a few minutes. [Link] A judge grants qualified immunity to a police officer who...
Will the New Title IX Be Sabotaged?
On August 14, a change of kind occurred in how educational institutions address accusations of sexual misconduct if they wish to receive federal funding. A controversial new Title IX regulation went into effect. Or did it? In today’s extraordinarily partisan times,...
How State Policy Reducies Access to Hospital Beds
We can all repeat the mantra without missing any beat: the lockdown was required to flatten the curve so that our hospital resources would not be overwhelmed during the pandemic. That argument is, by the way, quite correct. Anyone looking at the footage of the...
Bitcoin is Unbeatable
Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are headline news again. DeFi—Decentralized Finance—tokens like LINK and others have exploded in recent weeks, capturing speculators’ imaginations. But more importantly, given the day-to-day fragility of the capital markets and the...
8/21/20 Gareth Porter on the Journalistic Malpractice of Charlie Savage and the New York Times
Scott and Gareth Porter discuss Charlie Savage's shameful reporting on the recent Russian bounties story. In this case Savage, whom Scott and Porter actually regard as one of the better journalists at the New York Times, published a story laying out the allegations...
Is it worth it?
At some point as a cop, you have to ask yourself. Notwithstanding your sense of justice, is it worth watching your city burn down so you can follow procedure and kill somebody?
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