Summary: Most of the discussion that follows each mass shooting ignores what we know about guns. Perhaps that is why America, alone among the world’s developed nations, can’t form effective policies to regulate guns. We pay for this ignorance in blood. These posts remind us of what we’ve learned. “The Terror of Our Guns“ By David …
Don’t just mourn. Remember what we know about guns. Read More »
Summary: With free speech under attack on many fronts by the Left, the ACLU stands almost alone on the Left defending one of the core precepts of a liberal social order. Here is a powerful essay by the ACLU’s National Legal Director.  Stand by for a special post later today about Hurricane Irma. “Why We Must …
The Left attacks free speech. See the ACLU defend it. Read More »
Summary: Nothing shows the decay of the Republic like our drone wars, almost mindless killing — now including execution of Americans by Presidential decree. To see how accustomed we’ve become to these steps to a new regime, this post looks at a typical story in the New York Times plus an analysis of it by …
Summary:Â The recent attention to police shootings of unarmed men (mostly Black) shouldn’t distract us from the big picture, that police violence is but one part of a mad brutal system. Our criminal justice apparatus is broken. A disgrace for a great nation, easily the worst among the developed nations. It works for those who …
Can We Fix Our Shameful Prisons? Why they should be, and why we might not do so. Read More »
Summary:Â Horrific stories about our criminal injustice system, and hints of reform blooming. Information on this website tends to the abstract. Statistics, trends, bloodless information. Today we have the opposite. David Cole reviews books telling small scale stories showing an illness in America’s soul, one unique among the world’s developed nations — and gives hints …
The Disgrace of Our Criminal {in}Justice System, and hints of reform in the air Read More »
