President Trump has said and done many things to appall the friends of freedom. From Trump’s pro-torture comments to his praise of police brutality to his cruise-missile barrage against Syria to his threat to annihilate North Korea, there are ample signs that he...
Justice
The Presumption of Innocence: Not Just for the Courtroom
Journalist Peter Hitchens wrote the following in the connection with the events in Salisbury, England, involving a former Russian double agent and his daughter, but it is worth keeping in mind always: The presumption of innocence is not just a great liberty and...
Cop Hits Woman's Car At 94 MPH, Killing Her Infant. Police Arrest Woman For Negligent Homicide.
This is how things go in the US, where law enforcement is treated like a favored religion and everyone who isn't on the inside is just grist for prosecution mills. Here's the setup, via Matt Pearce. A Baton Rouge police officer was arrested Friday on a count of...
Cop Hits Woman’s Car At 94 MPH, Killing Her Infant. Police Arrest Woman For Negligent Homicide.
This is how things go in the US, where law enforcement is treated like a favored religion and everyone who isn't on the inside is just grist for prosecution mills. Here's the setup, via Matt Pearce. A Baton Rouge police officer was arrested Friday on a count of...
The War on Opioids Has Become a War on Patients
As Anne Fuqua recently pointed out in the Washington Post, non-medical drug users accessing heroin and fentanyl in the underground drug market are not the only victims in the opioid crisis. Many patients whose only relief from a life sentence of torturing pain are...
Frederick Douglass: Lion of Individualist Liberalism
Frederick Douglass, whose bicentennial birthday fell on Valentine’s Day, is one of the great figures in American history, a hero whose legacy is celebrated even by those who might otherwise contest his actual ideas. Illustrating this truth, the New York Times marked...
Social Control Through Trauma. School Lock-Down Active Shooter Drills Are NOT About Safety
Fordham Law School Professor John Plaff posted a great twitter thread questioning the use of School shooter drills. Go read it first: This post by a schoolteacher is what he is referencing: That's just one squeamish teacher right? Take a moment to watch this ABC...
Police: We’re the Experts — Don’t You Dare Criticize Us
One of the most surprising developments in the wake of February's Florida school shooting is the willingness by many generally police-friendly commentators to denounce the lack of action by local police against the shooter. From National Review, to The Federalist,...
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