It’s not about police, but my piece in City Limits just came out: “Arguments Against Rent Regs are Vacant of Facts — Some say New York could relieve high rents by removing rent regulations. And other people say the world is flat.”
I’m back. It’s cold. Rwanda was great, Addis Ababa interesting, and Bangkok was as nice as always. Stop 1: Rwanda If you don’t know Rwanda (and we didn’t), you wouldn’t know what to expect. I knew nothing about Rwanda except for a history of genocide, the Iwawa Island reform school (not, I should point out,…
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I won’t be posting for a few weeks because the missus and I are off on adventures to Rwanda, Ethiopia, and Bangkok. Why those countries? Well, not that it’s your business, but two years ago I befriended a Rwandan police officer when I was a visiting scholar at the National Police College in England. So…
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Murder in Baltimore is at a four-year high. Murder in New York City is at a record low. Meanwhile, from Justin Fenton’s Baltimore Sun article, in other cities: Homicides across the country Oakland, Calif. — down 25 percent (as of Dec. 12) Philadelphia — down 24 percent (as of Dec. 16) Flint, Mich. — down…
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From CNN: “‘Duck Dynasty’ resuming ‘with the entire Robertson family,’ including Phil.” It’s only a victory for free speech if you don’t like the speech. Seriously. And now I really want to start watching the show.
Not they Obamaphones have anything to do with Obama. From the Times.
Well that’s the headline I would have expected to see after listening to Ray Kelly and Mayor Bloomberg (and almost all my police friends) over the past few years. They had me believe that each and every one of those more than 600,000 annual stops in 2011 was absolutely essential to prevent the city from…
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And here’s a song to put you in the Christmas spirit: Stuck in the Smoke Hole of our Tipi. Merry Christmas!
Gotta love it!
Phil Robertson is the suspended star of Duck Dynasty. David Bahati is the Ugandan parliament member sponsoring the Anti-Homosexuality Bill known as “Kill the Gays.” Guess who said what (answers below): 1) “To me, this exposed the level of intolerance that is inconsistent with American values. But as you know it also strengthen my resolve…
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