April 2023
58 articles published this month.
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Postscript
Self-Defense Cases Reveal America's Lawsuit Culture Problem
It was hard to get my head around this video: “Armed Chicago Woman Shoots Man Attempting to Rob Her, Now His Family Is Suing for 10 Million.” But it was easy to get behind this one: “Florida Woman Fights Off…
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Notes From My Journal
When Police Pull You Over
I bought the house several years earlier and rented it to one of the maintenance guys that works for me. It was in what some might call the iffy part of town. I had been to it only once. To discuss the…
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The Economy & Investing
Ready for an Uncomfortable Conversation?
Let’s Take an Honest Look at Our Secretary of the Treasury This is painful to watch. Janet Yellen, who was appointed by the Biden administration to lead the Treasury Department, is responsible for “formulating…
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News & Views
Who Wants Gun Control?
In a recent essay in The Free Press, Nellie Bowles (a very smart and funny writer) wrote that “while conservatives balk at even the mildest gun control efforts... progressives have absolutely no intention of…
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Worth Watching
Tetris
Tetris Directed by Jon S. Baird Starring Taron Egerton, Nikita Efremov, Sofia Lebedeva, Anthony Boyle, and Toby Jones Released by Apple TV+ Mar. 31, 2023 K had read a positive review of Tetris in the NYT. I…
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Worth Considering
WHO's New Power Grab Threatens Free Speech Rights
Here’s a Great Idea... From the People that Brought the World Four Years of Economic Destruction, Social Polarization, and Global Hysteria! Rather than apologizing for all the misinformation and bad advice it…
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Fun and/or Interesting
He Never Comed Back
You’ve probably heard it said that Mandarin is the most difficult language for English speakers to learn. Other contenders include Hungarian, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Basque, and Navajo. But learning English…
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Postscript
Why I Contribute to the Innocence Project
One of the cruelest aspects of our criminal justice system is the strategy of the police and court system to force the accused to plead guilty to crimes they did not commit. Before this happened to someone I…
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