Author: Mark Draughn
Between Insensitivity and Despair
Scott Greenfield at Simple Justice notes Radley Balko’s report on yet another report about police shooting an unarmed civilian during a raid and then worries that we’re seeing too many reports of this kind of thing: I similarly take note of these incidents from time to time, having done so more frequently in the past… Read more
To Hell With Toning It Down
(I’ve been hanging onto this for a few days in the hope of figuring out a better way to say what I’m trying to say, but it’s just not coming to me, so I’m going with what I’ve got.) In the wake of the tragic shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords last weekend, we’ve been hearing the… Read more
2010 in Review
It’s the end of another year, and time for me to look back at what I’ve been doing here at Windypundit, just to see where I’ve been and maybe to figure out where I’m going from here. With that end in mind, 2010 was the year in which I first questioned the propriety of the… Read more
Prosecutor Scott Andringa Tried To Put a Paraplegic Man In Prison For 25 Years For Having Too Many Pain Pills
Let me be perfectly clear about this: Scott Andringa tried to put a paraplegic man in prison for 25 years for having too many pain pills. This happened a few years ago, and obviously the story is a bit more complicated than I can summarize in that one sentence, but that’s basically what happened. The… Read more
Can’t Deduct Defense?
It’s a good question, really… Over at Popehat, Patrick has this to say about Joel Rosenberg’s defense fund: Note that this is not tax-deductible. The government does not encourage its subjects to stand up for the blameless. Well, why the hell not? As far as I can tell, the tax rule for legal expenses is… Read more