Actions taken in moments of anguish and frustration may feel good and even work to deflate the anger on…
Law Enforcement & Police
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…
Litigation Drives the Insane Labeling of Children as Sex Offenders
For Little Children, Grown-Up Labels As Sexual Harassers By Brigid Schulte Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, April 3, 2008; A01…
Stupifyingly Uninformed–the New York Times Strikes Again Editorially
November 19, 2007 Editorial Remember the War on Drugs? It is good to see Mexico and the United States working…
Trigger-Happy with Taser Guns
Man Dies After Taser Is Used by Deputy By Lori Aratani Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, November 19, 2007; B04…