Year: 2007
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT DEPT.
The Itzhak Perlman of Forensic Analysis
Over at Reason, Radley Balko has written a piece about Mississippi dentist Dr. Michael West, who bills himself as a forensic odontologist or bite mark analyst. He has testified at dozens of trials, many leading to convictions. Bite mark analysis is not exactly the most trusted of forensic disciplines: Forensic odontology is an imprecise field.… Read more
OPERATIONS DEPT.
Windypundit Is 5 Years Old
I was planning to post this 2 days ago, on the 5th anniversary of my first post, but I was so busy with other things that I couldn’t finish it in time. Rather than looking back on the issues I’ve covered, I’m going to make this is a look back at the blog itself. Windypundit… Read more
PHOTOBLOGGING DEPT.
What I Did Last Week
I spent most of last week doing stuff for my paying job, and I thought it might be interesting to blog about that. I was planning a series of posts on the wonders of the X12 Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) guideline for the Benefit Enrollment and Maintenance (834) transaction required by the Health Insurance Portability… Read more
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT DEPT.
For Whose Benefit?
I haven’t posted much in the last week because I’ve been real busy at my day job, but now that I just finished off a big chunk, I wanted to talk about one very interesting thing that happened last week. I’m referring, of course, to the re-arrest of Lindsay Lohan. Everybody bemoans the large amount… Read more
TELEVISION DEPT.
Saving Grace
Saving Grace is a new series on TNT starring Holly Hunter, the latest film actor to make the jump to the small screen. She plays Grace (natch) Hanadarko, an Oklahoma City police detective battling her own personal demons. You might say she’s slightly flawed. She’s an alcoholic, exhibitionistic, sexual addict with anger issues. She blames… Read more
