Popehat has Blawg Review #233 today, and the theme is based on the story of Joshua Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico. If you haven't heard of Emperor Norton before, it's a cool story. By the way, thanks to my co-blogger Joel, Blawg Review will be coming here in about a month. … [Read more...] about Blawg Review at Popehat
Photography Is Not a Crime
A friend of mine sent me a link to a New York Times piece by Randy Kennedy about photographer Mitch Epstein. He's doing a series of photographs about America's energy policies, photographing things like gas stations and power plants. As you might expect these days, he gets stopped by police a lot. I agree with my friend's assesment: I remember stories about such things in the … [Read more...] about Photography Is Not a Crime
Better Candidates Than Obama
Well, now that the Nobel Committee has decided that the major qualification of a peace prized laureate is being Not George Bush, I think there's a few folks worth considering, beyond those usually being mentioned. Hell, restricted this just to folks who, like Nobel Laureate Jimmy Carter, have been President, we've got quite a few choices. I suggest the following … [Read more...] about Better Candidates Than Obama
Bogus Pseudo Crimes
[I started writing this days ago, and the story's gone stale, but I'm posting so little these days that I figured I should get it out there.] Some time ago, Radley Balko brought us the story of Sally Harpold, who bought two boxes of cold medicine within a few days of each other, thus violating Indiana's law against buying more than 3 grams of pseudoephedrine within a one week … [Read more...] about Bogus Pseudo Crimes
Polanski Questions
About the only good thing I can think about in the whole Polanski fooforaw is that it gives folks who wouldn't otherwise have had one an easy opportunity to stake out a not particularly morally difficult or brave position against middle-aged guys raping young girls, and in favor of said assholes being given appropriate punishment for it. Miami lawyer Brian Tannebaum takes … [Read more...] about Polanski Questions