Lately I've been blogging about some scandalous behavior by Chicago Cops. There's been some bad stuff in the news, with more to come, but the Windy City has nothing going on that remotely compares to what happened in Atlanta last November. That's when Atlanta cops shot and killed 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston during a drug raid. When the cops entered her home, she apparently … [Read more...] about The Murder of Kathryn Johnston
Lies, Damn Lies, and Lou Dobbs
Lou Dobbs testified before Congress last month about the supposed perils of free trade: Since the beginning of this new century, the United States has lost more than three million manufacturing jobs. Three million more jobs have been lost to cheap overseas labor markets… That's 6 million jobs. Donald Luskin points out that there are only 6.7 million unemployed people in the … [Read more...] about Lies, Damn Lies, and Lou Dobbs
More Charges for Abbate
Chicago police officer Anthony Abbate is in more trouble: Chicago Police Officer Anthony Abbate, accused of beating a female bartender in an attack caught on videotape, was charged in an indictment Friday with 14 new felonies... My first thought when I about the 14 new charges was that this was just the department piling on to prove they're tough on bad cops. How do you get … [Read more...] about More Charges for Abbate
Stormin’ Norman
Connecticut criminal defense attorney Norm Pattis is ready to fight for YOU! … [Read more...] about Stormin’ Norman
Meet Joey
Here is the latest addition to our family, Joey. He is a min-pin (miniature pinscher) that we adopted from petfinder.com. Here he is with our other dog, Vegas. They seem to be getting along, but she's still not quite sure what to make of him. … [Read more...] about Meet Joey