2012 in Review

Here at Windypundit, 2012 was the year in which:

• The inevitable drug war deaths remained inevitable.
• I spoke up for sex workers, although, really, it was just a bunch of links.
• I became a friend of whores.
• I explained why criminal violence against the police is not the best response to criminal violence by the police.
• I showed what it looks like when police are afraid of the truth.
• I gave some questionable advice about thinking about reasonable doubt.
• I worried about the long reach of U.S. banking law.
• I discovered the dangers of searching for a DUI lawyer online.
• I complained about misuse of Godwin’s law.
• I commented on some tips for new bloggers.
• I explained why the NYPD fails at statistical quality control.
• I voted in a way that would piss off my dad.
• I addressed the hoodie issue.
• I took on Paul Krugman’s foolish take on “stand your ground.”
• I tried to estimate the Mega Millions breakeven amount.
• John Derbyshire explained black people.
• I agreed with Kip Hawley that the TSA is stupid…
• …and they’re spreading like a cancer.
• My friend Jennifer was in Playboy.
• I explained why bloggers bother with these issues.
• I reviewed Shifted by Colin D. Jones.
• Obama decided he was once again in favor of gay marriage.
• I started, but never finished, exploring the idea that it’s okay when everybody does it. Part 1, Part 2.
• The NATO summit came to Chicago and suppressed our freedom in order to save it.
• Columbia School of Law makes a good argument for a second wrongful execution.
• I answered an urgent legal question about ladies’ undergarments.
• I gave up on Movable Type.
• I reviewed Fragment by Warren Fahy.
• I complained about the TSA ruining everything.
• I explained that sometimes your camera matters.
• The individual mandate paved the way for retaliation.
• I worried a bit too much about the heatwave.
• I defended a Chris Rock tweet.
• I discussed what DNA does’t prove.
• Florida made it easier to commit crimes without knowing it.
• I explained why prosecutor blogs are less fun.
• New York State became slightly less dickish about charitable bail.
• I celebrated 10 years of blogging.
• I scolded the DEA for forgetting they’re supposed to stop crimes.
• Pinellas County, Florida was saved from a Scott Andringa judgeship.
• The surveillance state continued to grow.
• Toni Preckwingle damned a drug warrior to hell.
• I complained about the TSA even more.
• I had some photos taken.
• I offered my theory on why cops shoot puppies.
• I learned that Obama hates American car owners.
• I explained why a Romney Presidency wouldn’t hurt Big Bird.
• I noticed some Koch Derangement Syndrome at In These Times.
• I moved Windypundit to WordPress. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Finish.
• I drew some distinctions concerning Lance Armstrong and sports doping.
• I predicted the results of the election.
• I made fun of post-election up-down financial market reporting.
• Chicago’s police-can-do-no-wrong attitude came back to bite it.
• I pointed out that Mike Huckabee was talking nonsense.
• I tried a visual explanation of the difference between libertarian society and socialist society.

See you in the nNew Year!