Year: 2006
WAR ON DRUGS DEPT.
Police Shootings that Make You Go Hmmmm…
Radley Balko has been researching police shootings of innocent citizens during SWAT-style drug raids. It’s surprising how often this happens and how little press it receives. Recently, Balko was researching a raid back in March that scared the hell out an elderly couple when he came across a letter to the editor from a man… Read more
POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPT.
On the Unlikelihood of a Constitutional Ban on Same-Sex Marriage
A friend of mine was concerned a few days ago that the anti-gay-marriage amendment might actually pass, which would cause her some personal heartache. I told her I thought it was just a stunt, and not worth worrying about. Other people seem to think so too. For example, the D.C. Examiner supports a ban on… Read more
CREEPING TOTALITARIANISM DEPT.
You Be the Principal!
You’re the principal of a high school on graduation day. Students are supposed to arrive at 5pm for the 6pm ceremony, and the rules say nobody will be admitted after 5:55. The senior class vice president shows up late and is turned away by the guards at the door. Somehow, she manages to get inside… Read more
PHOTOBLOGGING DEPT.
Some September Greenery
I continue to sort through my old photographs. Flowers Leaves Read more
LEGAL DEPT.
History of a Trial
Ken Lammers has posted a somewhat long history of one of his trials. Well, that’s what he titles it, “History of a Trial”, but most of it seems to be about Ken trying to visit his client somewhere in the Virginia Department of Corrections. That turns out to be a frustrating experience, because nobody in… Read more
