[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
Bloggers Are In For Some Federal Entanglement
The AP's Deborah Yao explains: The Federal Trade Commission will try to regulate blogging for the first time, requiring writers on the Web to clearly disclose any freebies or payments they get from companies for reviewing their products. The FTC said Monday its commissioners voted 4-0 to approve the final Web guidelines, which had been expected. Violating the rules, which take … [Read more...] about Bloggers Are In For Some Federal Entanglement
Chicago Dodges a Bullet
We lost the Olympics bid. Whew. Mayor Daley will now have to find a different excuse to raise our taxes so he can funnel cash to his buddies. … [Read more...] about Chicago Dodges a Bullet
A Quick (Okay: Long) Look at the Machinery of the MCPPA…
... and a look back at how to solve the problem of the armed village idiot... There's folks who say (I'm one of them) that the MCPPA is one of the best carry permit laws in the country. They -- we -- have a point. Quick digression: I'm occasionally praised for being one of the folks who helped write the law. That's flattering, but it's not true; I've … [Read more...] about A Quick (Okay: Long) Look at the Machinery of the MCPPA…