SECOND THOUGHTS ON PARKLAND

As discussed in my Article of February 20, 2018, law enforcement (FBI and local) failed the students and faculty of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School before the massacre of February 14, 2018. The failure was the (apparently systemic) turning of a blind eye and deaf ear toward early warnings of the threatening behavior of […]

HAMMOND’S VICTORY FOR NOW

UPDATE:..As of June 29, 2018 both the landlords and the State had petitioned for Transfer. Without formally granting Transfer the SCOTSI set the matter for oral argument on September 13, 2018. The CLB predicts a grant of Transfer and a result favoring the landlords and the State The case is City of Hammond v. Herman […]

MIXED THOUGHTS ON PARKLAND

The Death Penalty. I envy the certainty and the untroubled serenity of those who know exactly how they feel about capital punishment. While I would prefer to stand consistently in opposition to the death penalty, I find that the best argument in favor of it is the (mostly male) population committing capital crimes. Among the […]