Scott Greenfield, font of so much that I can riff off of, has a complaint about gang experts who try to paint every action by the defendant as related to his membership in a gang: If a defendant has a tattoo, the expert will testify that tattoos are "brands" typically worn by gang members. If the tattoo happens to say "Tiffany", then the testimony is changed ever so … [Read more...] about Mathematics In Gangland
A Couple More Thoughts About Healthcare
Back on my latest I'm-going-to-be-blogging-about-healthcare post, reader Seth makes a few points in the comments. Here's the first one: Making healthcare cheaper by saving money on billing data, etc. is saving money on clerks and bookkeepers. Whether the amount is large or small, it has no effect on the amount of healthcare provided (except perhaps by doctors who do their own … [Read more...] about A Couple More Thoughts About Healthcare
What Can We Learn from This?
Instead. "I need to see your license and carry permit." Which was just as well, for reasons I'm not going to go into, about where some people put their insurance cards. He didn't ask about that. "Do me a favor, sir, and step out of the car." He didn't sound like it was really a favor, so I did, and pocketed the keys, closing and locking the door behind me quite … [Read more...] about What Can We Learn from This?
Yes, You Do Have Staff, But You’ve Got to Be Staff, Too
Yes, You Do Have Staff, But You've Got to Be Staff, First Too Both First and Too Twitter, the Favor Economy, and the Power of Crowds You've seen the ad: some bozo, trying to project competence and connections, tells a potential customer: "I've got people to handle that." By which he means he can look up folks in the Yellow Pages, hire some, and take his … [Read more...] about Yes, You Do Have Staff, But You’ve Got to Be Staff, Too
It’s Not Supposed To Be About Street Justice
[I started to comment on this over at Simple Justice, but there's so much going on here that I decided to do my own post. As usual these days, it's a bit late.] I may be a libertarian, but I'm not a cop hater. Sometimes, however, cops make it very hard not to hate them. Go read Scott Greenfield's story about a cop who hit a surrendering suspect and put him in a coma. … [Read more...] about It’s Not Supposed To Be About Street Justice