Acknowledging that police are too quick to shoot, why are so few presumed criminals shot in the legs as they…
Law Enforcement & Police
Trump Incites Americans to Riot on January 6th
Jan. 6 is the day Congress meets to accept the presidential election results from the Electoral College. President-elect Joe Biden…
Justice Is Not Blind—It’s on the Make
I’ve written on this before. The Sackler family, sole owners of Purdue Pharma, creators and promoters of OxtContin, is rounding…
What the Hell Does ‘Defund the Police’ Even Mean?
Actions taken in moments of anguish and frustration may feel good and even work to deflate the anger on…
Our Whack-A-Mole U.S. War on Drugs
We once had a ‘war on alcohol,’ which we called Prohibition. We Americans are good at war with things,…
Low-Tide for American Police Departments
It’s a tough time to be a cop. Whatever you happen to do in your career, it sure doesn’t help…
CIA Revelations—the Search for Ethics in an Unethical Trade
America seems in an endless cycle of standing proudly before the world with its pants around its ankles. The CIA…
A SLAPP in the Face of American Civil Justice
Money works in abstract ways in our society these days. If it can’t buy what it wants from the House…
A Nation of Law, Gone Lawless
Early In March, Attorney General Eric Holder told the Senate Judiciary Committee he and his Department of Justice were, essentially,…
The Endless Scars of Endless Czars
And here’s the latest, a perfectly honorable Seattle Police Chief lured into an impossible job, with no hope of useful…