Monthly Archives: April 2012

Via Ed at Gin And Tacos, more about neighborhood patrolmen getting a little overheated: The Newton County Sheriff’s Office is investigating why a couple was confronted at gunpoint by neighbors and then arrested and forced to spend the night in … Continue reading →

The National Review was in the news again this week, struggling to explain its association with people who hold certain theories about race and civilization. So I thought I’d revisit John Derbyshire and make a final point I didn’t make … Continue reading →

This is exactly what I’m talking about: [There has been] outcry over comments [Ted] Nugent made at the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association, which took place in St. Louis this past weekend. “If Barack Obama becomes the president … Continue reading →

First, I’m glad George Zimmerman was arrested. Even if he’s ultimately exonerated, I think it was critical that this work its way through the criminal justice system despite what appears to have been combination of incompetence and indifference on the … Continue reading →

From the New York Times, a series of stories on people surviving on the tatters of welfare as the jobless recession lingers: Among the Arizonans who lost their checks was Tamika Shelby, who first sought cash aid at 29 after … Continue reading →

Prison Law Blog, a blog I enjoy very much, today posts the following graph to support the proposition that guns “cause” homicide, in the sense that the more guns are produced, the more homicides will follow. The problem I see … Continue reading →

Two opinion pieces — one from the left, one from the right — attack John Derbyshire‘s use of gross statistical trends as heuristics. First, from Noah Smith‘s follow-up to his previous post: Intelligent racists these days tend to defend their … Continue reading →

Noah Smith of Noahpinion has decided to reproduce professional provocateur John Derbyshire‘s crazy-racist screed for all time, complete with citations, in case the paleoconservative vanity site that hosted it, Taki’s Magazine, decides to remove it after the public backlash against … Continue reading →

Joey Fishkin makes the case on Jack Balkin’s blog: Those challenging the ACA argue that… the government is demanding, or mandating, that you choose (a), not (b). On this view, to put it in the more familiar terms of a … Continue reading →