His body wasn’t cold yet before the partisans began their daily battle. Scalia did not enjoy the luxury of remembrance for something other than his job, although Ruth Bader Ginsberg gave it a collegial try. The two were best friends, she said, her decency obvious.
The rest of America? Not so much. Read more →
We don’t know exactly what happened inside a Roseville apartment overnight where a man having a mental health crisis was shot to death after stabbing a police dog.
But based on the information provided so far, it’s worth discussing whether there’s a more effective way to respond to these situations. Read more →
Sometimes, Cleveland can’t help being Cleveland. Read more →
The rush to stem the heroin problem as a health problem reflects the new whiteness of the crisis. Read more →
NPR had an odd disclaimer this morning when introducing its StoryCorps segment, the in-their-own words feature in which people tell their own story. It’s a story nobody should turn away from.
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The sentencing of a repeat drunk driver this week is raising an ongoing question surrounding the problem of alcohol and vehicles: Does getting tougher on drunk driving work? Read more →
You’re going to want to sit down for this, Internet. The Prescott, Wis., police department is removing ‘In God We Trust’ from its police cars and they’re not happy about it.
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Some drivers are apparently frustrated that they can’t get the automated pay systems to work right.
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Being a cop or a firefighter tends to run in a family, which is why an anti-nepotism policy proposal in La Crosse, Wis., is under fire. Read more →
Every other year or so a survey reveals that most Americans have never read the U.S. Constitution, and every few days someone claiming a constitutional right proves the surveys correct. Read more →
Shaquille O’Neal has a heart as big as he is. Read more →
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, in a typical condescending dissent of the majority, nonetheless raises some good questions in his dissent today of the court’s decision to apply a ban on life terms for juveniles retroactively. Read more →
Take note, people who demonstrate and disrupt government meetings. You don’t have a free speech right to do so, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled today.
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Someone called the cops in Gainesville, Florida the other day and complained that kids were making a racket while playing basketball in the street.
You can probably figure what happened next. Read more →
The cops should’ve thrown the book at him. Read more →
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