It Starts With The Children
Whenever someone wants to pass a bad law, the sales pitch is nearly always based on the idea that we need to “do it for the children.” I originally titled this post “Do It To The Children,” but as I...
View ArticleRace War [Updated]
From the moment the news was out that Darren Wilson had killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, there was probable cause to hold Wilson to answer at trial. Yet, from the moment the news was out...
View ArticleWhy You Look Racist
This blog post started as a “simple” response to someone on Facebook who appears to have racist motivations for her posts, but I decided to imagine for a moment that she isn’t really an intentional...
View ArticleIt Starts With The Children
Whenever someone wants to pass a bad law, the sales pitch is nearly always based on the idea that we need to “do it for the children.” I originally titled this post “Do It To The Children,” but as I...
View ArticleRace War [Updated]
From the moment the news was out that Darren Wilson had killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, there was probable cause to hold Wilson to answer at trial. Yet, from the moment the news was out...
View ArticleRecognizing Race
As CNN notes, There’s a predictable pattern to the aftermath of too many deadly police shootings: Neighbors and anti-police brutality groups take to the streets. Groups supporting the officers stand up...
View ArticleAmerican Tribalism: Look Out! It’s a Bear!
One of the stories that crossed my field of view today involved the seeming resurgence of racism in America. In a minute or three, it may become clear why I used the word “seeming” there. But whatever...
View ArticleIt Starts With The Children
Whenever someone wants to pass a bad law, the sales pitch is nearly always based on the idea that we need to “do it for the children.” I originally titled this post “Do It To The Children,” but as I...
View ArticleRace War [Updated]
From the moment the news was out that Darren Wilson had killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, there was probable cause to hold Wilson to answer at trial. Yet, from the moment the news was out...
View ArticleA Sickness Worse Than Coronavirus
There is a sickness worse than coronavirus in our land. I must write about it, even though I don’t feel fully qualified to speak on all aspects of it. I just hope I say something useful. Backlash of...
View ArticleTo Hell in a Handbasket
“Death to the Constitution!” “Long Live the Constitution!” Seems like these days, we can’t make up our minds. The same person on different occasions, depending on the circumstances in which they find...
View ArticleRace & Law in America
As I write this, someone is hacking away at an article I’ve written elsewhere for publication. I’m not going to say much about that right now, because I will wait to see what happens to the article. I...
View ArticleAlabama Purge
In 2013, James DeMonaco riffed off an old Star Trek episode to come up with “The Purge,” a dystopian movie about a seemingly “law and order,” crime-free America — crime-free because once a year, all...
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