Radley Balko has a bold post on the killing of Osama Bin Laden, “He Won.” Speaking of Balko, he has been nice enough to invite me to guest blog for a week over at The Agitator. So I’ll be posting the same things both here and there. Over there, the grass looks greener: there are…
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I mention this only because I’ve known Seth Meyers for years, from his days at Boom Chicago, my brother’s comedy club in Amsterdam. But I thought he did a great job. And there’s a nice cut away to my brother at 1:25 of Part 2. They actually wanted to show Seth’s parents but instead got…
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From a comment to my article in the Chronicle of Higher Education: I think that the editors of the Chronicle and the people at John Jay who hired this thug should be taken out and horsewhipped. Luckily, the woman responsible for hiring this thug stands by me. In more mistaken criticism, somebody from the absurd…
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I always feel like who am I to talk about grad school? I didn’t follow any of the standards Rules to Successful Completion. I liked school, but I wasn’t hanging around the department and I took nine years to finish. I might have been the only Harvard sociology student history to fail the “oral exam”…
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My piece in the Chronicle of Higher Education seemed to make a splash. There’s also a piece out in the Washington Monthly (not yet available online… but why not subscribe?). I haven’t seen it yet. I mean, I’ve seen it. I wrote it…. But I haven’t seen it in print. Most people seem to be…
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Videoof police-involved shooting. Cops 1. Robber 0.
I don’t quite know how else to describe my perusal of right-wing blogs responding to the shocker than Obama was born in Hawaii. What’s funny, though not surprising, is I haven’t heard a single person say, “gosh, I guess… I was wrong.” I guess it’s all about that “conviction” thing. “Why does it say Barrack…
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A former student sent me this link. Good stuff! And good work by LAPD homicide Lt. Dave Dolson. The LA Timesstory is here.
…to pay for police. Newark laid off police and murders are up 71percent this year. That’s penny wise and pound foolish. The Newark Star-Ledgerreports.
WNYC reporter Ailsa Chang reports on the curious link between stop and frisks and marijuana arrests in New York City. It’s curious because small-scale possession of marijuana in New York State isn’t a crime (it is a non-arrestable ticketable “violation”). Nor do drugs that are “immediately apparent” based on “plain-feel” during a “Terry Frisk” (for…
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