Showing posts with label justice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label justice. Show all posts
Friday, August 28, 2026

An Old Slur In A New Incarnation

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     One of my pet peeves is – surprise! – the twisting of the meanings of words for unholy purposes. Yes, it’s a common occurrence in polit...
Friday, July 17, 2026

The Unique Product

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     States, like men, have their growth, their manhood, their decrepitude and their decay. – Walter S. Landor      Incentives and disince...
Friday, July 10, 2026

Context Matters Part 2

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     The talk about Citizen Vigilante continues hot and heavy. There are critical voices in the mix. Some consider the film dangerous, whil...
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Thursday, July 2, 2026

The Greater Crime Part 3

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     The C.S.O. and I saw Citizen Vigilante yesterday evening. It’s a fairly crude movie in most ways. It attempts no character development...
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Tuesday, June 30, 2026

The Greater Crime

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     While I lament the slow death of Blogdom, I must admit that intelligence and insight can be found elsewhere on the World Wide Web. X / ...
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Monday, June 15, 2026

Something Actually Newsworthy

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     Perhaps you remember this story:      A couple of days ago, something unusual happened Across the Water: A Briton dared to defend ano...
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Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Did It Happen That Way?

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     The jury has returned its verdict in the case of Austin Metcalf and Karmelo Anthony: Anthony has been pronounced guilty of first-degree...
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Saturday, April 25, 2026

Forward, Into The Past! 2026-04-25

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     (Thank you, Firesign Theater, for anticipating this need.)      Quoth Matt Walsh: Matt Walsh “Almost all of the arrests that happen i...
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Thursday, April 16, 2026

The Felony Of Life (UPDATED)

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     Great age tends to diminish the energies required for certain activities, such as fulminating about injustices. Even so, there are some...
Saturday, April 4, 2026

The True Bastion Of Liberty

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     I hadn’t planned to write anything today, despite it being “1984 Day:”      April 4th, 1984. Last night to the flicks. All war films…....
Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Carta Obsoleta

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     It’s difficult to deal with the news coming out of the United Kingdom these days.      My Gentle Readers already know about some of th...
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Wednesday, October 22, 2025

You Say You Want Justice?

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     Justice is an appealing concept. Just about nobody rejects it, at least in the abstract. But even those loudest in calling for it seld...
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Thursday, September 4, 2025

Issues

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     Have you noticed? No one has problems any more. No one has a character defect that demands correction. And no one is ever irritated. ...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2020

The Evolution Of Punishment

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     Time was, Americans believed that people who did bad things should – indeed, must – be punished for them. I know, I know; the idea is s...
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Sunday, October 11, 2020

Applecart Operators Want Applecart Left Undisturbed

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     It stands to reason that men who profit heavily from a certain state of affairs would want to preserve that state of affairs against an...
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Sunday, September 20, 2020

The Only Basis Upon Which Legislated Law Can Rest

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     Quoth philosopher of law Lon Fuller:      If we accept the view that the central purpose of law is to furnish baselines for human int...
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The Return Of The Vigilance Committee

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     Matters are coming to a head:      Three Philadelphia police officers riding in an unmarked car were checking on a man on a bike when...
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