THE MAD DANCE IN THE BLOOD
Regular readers will understand why I’ve waited until now to talk about the recent police-involved shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota, the resultant cop-killing atrocity in Dallas, and the other deadly ripples we’re seeing spread...
AND NOW, FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT…
Among other things, regular readers here know that (A) I don’t usually host guest blogs and (B) as sort of the “resident cop” in the Backwoods Home writers’ stable, I frequently visit criminal justice...
THE CASTILE SHOOTING
There has been much discussion and outrage over the shooting of Philando Castile by police officer Jeronimo Yanez, particularly since the officer’s acquittal on all charges several days ago.
We humans are a tribal species. ...
FERGUSON PART III: THE FIRE THIS TIME
“No good ever came of mass emotion. The audience that’s easily moved to tears is as easily moved to sadistic dementia.” -- P.J. O’Rourke
We’d have to be hermits not to know what happened in...
FERGUSON PART V: WHY OFFICER WILSON WAS JUSTIFIED IN SHOOTING AN “UNARMED” MAN
Much of America, including CNN’s Attorney Sunny Hostin, can’t seem to grasp how Officer Darren Wilson could have been justified in shooting an ostensibly unarmed man. If Ms. Hostin got through law school without...