Uniformed Criminals
It’s a wonder to me why anyone these days would believe a police officer’s account of anything. The Fresno Bee the other day contained several stories concerning what is increasingly nothing more than...
View ArticleHold Up There, Pardner!
I thought I’d mentioned the town of Tenaha, Texas before, so this story looked familiar to me. A link sent by Bunny Chafowitz, however, makes the story look fresh so maybe it’s just my imagination....
View ArticleSeeing What We Want to See
Concerning the difficulty of researching and writing historical ethnographies, the anthropologist Gananath Obeyesekere, states: [I]t ought to make us self-conscious about our vulnerability. And the...
View ArticleForeclosures & The Rule of Law
During a momentary escape from a brief I’m trying to complete before the end of today, I ran across an article on the Pennsylvania Litigation Blog about a sheriff who has become a hero to some because...
View ArticleThe Great Train Wreck of the Republic
Cops lie. If you haven’t the moral courage to hear that and consider what should be done about it, then go somewhere else: you’re not going to be happy reading this blog post. (Be sure to stay away...
View ArticleOverreaction as a Societal Ill
If I walk up to you and slap you in the face because your music is too loud and I can’t think, or because you’re acting carelessly and have damaged some of my property, or nearly knocked me down,...
View ArticleA New Kind of System
Scott Greenfield may not be blogging anymore, but he’s still a good resource for keeping up with things.1 “If you or I did that to somebody on the outside, you’d be sitting in jail talking to (an...
View ArticleStatic on the Line?
Yesterday, I received a phone call from a Fresno County Sheriff’s Deputy. The stated purpose of the call was to follow up on whether or not I am a threat about which the Sheriff’s Department should be...
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