During my years as a criminal defense attorney I often found myself shocked at the degree to which minor, non-violent criminal offenses were intensely prosecuted by all levels of the criminal justice system. I certainly did represent some nasty individuals over those years, but I also had more than my share of reasonably normal […]
Archives for October 2014
Ebola is Coming! Ebola is Coming!
I guess because I tend to write about cutting edge issues, I have had a number of readers of late suggest to me that I should explore the likelihood that al Qaeda (or any other terrorist group) is plotting to infect millions of Americans with the Ebola virus. One reader even surmised that the […]
When the Devil’s in the Details: The True Believer’s Conundrum
Every now and then, I reflect on the plight of the thinking, otherwise rational, truth-seeking, true believer. At such times, as a thinking, rational, truth-seeking non-believer, I almost feel superior, freed as I am from the kind of questions that my faith-based opposites must contemplate and resolve in order to maintain their faith and […]
The Gary Hart Saga: When Gotcha Journalism Was Born
Does the name Gary Hart ring a bell? Back in 1987 he was a serous presidential candidate when a few reporters from the Miami Herald took investigative journalism to a new low from which it has only descended further over the years. Matt Bai, a reporter for the New York Times, reviewed the Hart […]