Apparently, Professor James Miller at the University of Wisconsin (Stout campus) is a Firefly fan, because he had on his office door a poster of Nathan Fillion as Captain Mal Reynolds, with the quote "You don't know me, son, so let me explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake. You'll be facing me. And you'll be armed." That sentiment so enraged the morons in … [Read more...] about You Know Your Threat Assessment Team is a Bunch of Pussies When…
Scattershot 2011-09-15
I've haven't been writing very much lately, but other people are keeping busy, and I thought I'd share a few items with you folks. Ken Lammers at Crimlaw has written a fascinating series of posts about how the criminal justice system (at least in his Virginia) determines the value of a stolen item for purposes of charging and sentencing. He covers items with a fairly obvious … [Read more...] about Scattershot 2011-09-15
Welcome To the 9/12 World
Are some people still stuck in the 9/11 world? Over at Nobody's Business, I explain why there's no room for them here in the future. … [Read more...] about Welcome To the 9/12 World
A Few Thousand Other People Worth Remembering
I've written a few posts about 9/11 over the years. My wife used to work for Aon, which lost over 170 people on 9/11, and she'd met at least one of them, a nice guy named Jim Berger. And a few years ago, I stumbled across the memoral for U.S. Navy Commander Dan F. Shanower in Naperville. Then last year, I wrote about my discomfort over the 9/11 memorial in Manhattan, and I … [Read more...] about A Few Thousand Other People Worth Remembering
Our Dumb Medical Billing System
Everybody knows at least one line from Shakespeare's Henry VI: "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." But really, that line is hundreds of years old. Anybody writing today wouldn't put lawyers first on the list. Not while there are still people alive in medical billing departments. My God, this is a stupid business. My wife had surgery a few months ago, and I'm in … [Read more...] about Our Dumb Medical Billing System