Monthly Archives: June 2014

Ta-Nehisi Coates has written an epic piece of history and social provocation called “The Case for Reparations.” It’s quite long and thoughtful, and pull quotes can’t possibly do it justice, but this might be the core of it: Won’t reparations … Continue reading →

Making the rounds is this bill in the California legislature that would set certain requirements for college sexual assault policies, including a definition of the consent required for sexual activity. The bill adopts a standard it calls “affirmative consent”: An … Continue reading →

Via Conor Friedersdorf, something I had never seen or heard about before: John Yoo acknowledging, in the course of a debate, that he thinks the legality of torturing innocent children might depend on presidential motive: Cassel: If the president deems … Continue reading →

This is just a short post to encourage everyone to subscribe to “Chronicle Police Reports” on Facebook. Run by the Bozeman Chronicle, the feed details all the many mundane, non-terrible, cheerful, or amusing things the Bozeman, Montana Police Department encounters … Continue reading →

I had intended my next post to be about the recent Bay Mills Supreme Court decision, and that should be out sometime soon, but I wanted to quickly note that the NRA has come out with a statement saying, essentially, … Continue reading →