When I watched the trailer for the movie Truth, I had no idea what it was about, so I was surprised to discover that someone had made a movie about the Killian documents, the journalism scandal that effectively ended the careers of news anchor Dan Rather and news producer Mary Mapes. I thought it was great that someone had made a whole movie about what happens when journalists … [Read more...] about A Truth Not So True
Jennifer Connell Is Not Really a Monster For Suing Her 8-Year Old Nephew
Folks on the internet have been a bit outraged at a woman who sued her 8-year nephew: Jennifer Connell claims the boy, Sean Tarala of Westport, acted unreasonable when he leaped into her arms, causing her to fall on the ground and break her wrist four years ago. This week Connell is asking a six-member Superior Court jury to find the boy liable for his actions.She is … [Read more...] about Jennifer Connell Is Not Really a Monster For Suing Her 8-Year Old Nephew
Threats Best Ignored
Over at Simple Justice, Scott wrote in the comments about receiving threats: I get “threats” regularly. The difference is grown ups don’t cry about how they’re “terrified” whenever any flaming nutjob writes something on the internets. I’ve been told that’s because I’m male and can defend myself, while they’re just fragile females, but it’s a nonsense argument. Words are words, … [Read more...] about Threats Best Ignored
Does It Matter If Prostitution Clients are More Aggressive?
A few weeks ago people were talking about a new study by Melissa Farley that purports to find correlations in men between the purchase of sexual services and aggression towards women. Sex buyers were more likely than men who did not buy sex to report sexual aggression and likelihood to rape. Men who bought sex scored higher on measures of impersonal sex and hostile masculinity … [Read more...] about Does It Matter If Prostitution Clients are More Aggressive?
Who Will Run With Trump?
I still believe in Nate Silver's argument for why Donald Trump will almost certainly not be the Republican nominee for President (basically, if he doesn't blow up his own campaign, the party establishment will do it for him), but the strength of my belief has been shaken by the Donald's surprising staying power in the polls and by the big-time professional political operatives … [Read more...] about Who Will Run With Trump?