IMMIGRATION DEPT.
The DOJ’s Dick Move on Legal Aid for Immigrants
Ever since President Trump took office, we’ve been hearing a lot about the public interest legal organizations that have been helping immigrants with the legal fight to come to America and remain here. That these organizations are even necessary is because immigration law is (for the most part) civil law, not criminal law. In many… Read more
OPERATIONS DEPT.
Windypundit In the Age Of Trump
I seem to be having trouble blogging. My last post was on March 28th, an even 50 days ago. I think that’s one of the longest periods I’ve gone without posting since the very early days of the blog. I blogged more frequently than this throughout the months when my parents died. Part of the… Read more
POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPT.
The AG Cartel Breaks Down
On the Reuters news wire, Dan Levine reports on the breakdown of a gentleman’s agreement between state Attorneys General not to target each other in elections: Read more
SEX WORK DEPT.
Not Helping Youths In the Sex Trade
Last Friday I wrote about Elizabeth Nolan Brown’s terrific Reason magazine article on the FBI’s long involvement in policing Americans’ sex lives. In this post, I’d like to follow up on a small detail that caught my eye. Supporters of anti-prostitution law enforcement operations often justify them as necessary to protect victims of sex trafficking,… Read more
MOVIES DEPT.
An Alien Product Placement
The most recent Alien: Covenant trailer comes with an opening commercial for Walter, the synthetic (a.k.a. artificial person a.k.a. android) played by Michael Fassbender in the movie. Here it is: At the end, they flash a couple of corporate logos. I naturally had to step through them. The first one is a new logo for… Read more
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