POST-INAUGURATION THOUGHTS
The inauguration of our new President went more smoothly than many professionals had feared, but then, those in public emergency services are paid to be pessimistic. The law enforcement network that coordinated...
“IN THE HALLS OF JUSTICE…
…most of the justice is in the halls.”
That classic phrase among lawyers aptly describes how things work. When criminal charges are levied by the authorities, far more cases are closed by plea bargains than...
…AND INTO THE NEW YEAR…
Good luck to all who are suffering the current record cold snap. Hiding out from winter in north Florida, we still had icicles on the cars and power outages when ice weighed down the...
A NEW YEAR SAFETY THOUGHT
No matter
how cool we think we are with our gun handling, complacency is a constant and
implacable enemy. A lot of shooters
mistakenly think “good trigger pull”
is synonymous with “light trigger
pull,” and that ain’t necessarily so.
Check...
HOW BADLY ARE THE COURTS BACKED UP?
America’s courts had already been backlogged before the pandemic, which made things exponentially worse. Zoom trials worked out horribly. There was postponement after postponement.
In 2023, all that backed up pressure seemed to burst the...