Author: Mark Draughn
A Little Modern Crime Fighting
Here’s a really cool example of Chicago Police and residents working together to catch a criminal. The crime isn’t a huge one, but it’s interesting how this worked: The North Edgebrook community…police and residents were faced with an unusual problem: someone was vandalizing neighborhood signs and spreading large roofing nails at a busy intersection. The… Read more
Google Earth Public Release
Wow! 5000 hits today! Although I’d love for you folks to stick around and check out my blog, I suspect you just want to download the latest release of Google Earth Plus—3.0.0336 (beta)—which you can get here: http://www.desktop.google.com/download/earth/GoogleEarthPlus.exe Enjoy! Update: Google has suspended downloads. Better check the official page: http://earth.google.com/ Read more
Don’t Touch That!
I got some interesting email today. It was titled “Link exchange proposal,” which I assumed was some other blogger who wanted to swap links with me. But as I was clicking on it, I realized that this had to be some kind of link scam. Bloggers don’t make agreements to link to each other. If… Read more
The Greatest American
Well, AOL‘s Greatest American contest is over. After months of voting, the previous list of 25 had been narrowed down to just 5: Benjamin Franklin Martin Luther King, Jr. Abraham Lincoln Ronald Reagan George Washington And the winner is…Ronald Reagan. Sigh. As I said earlier, these lists are silly. Actually, I take that back: Picking… Read more
Crime and Federalism
[Update: The authorship, content, and style of this blog has changed dramatically since my review.] Here on Windypundit, I rant about civil liberties and legal issues and frightening police behavior. Because of these interests, I end up reading a lot of blogs by criminal defense attorneys. However, I’ve noticed that these attorneys themselves don’t rant… Read more