I probably need to lay off Dateline for awhile. It’s gotten to where I can identify the killer about 10 minutes into any episode. When they get to the part about the “shocking new development” that “turns the case upside down” – let’s just say the development is not that shocking to Inspector Dave. […]
It’s all about
the cowboy hats
I won’t second-guess the acquittal of the Bundys and their fellow travelers. Yes, they did take over a public facility and held it by threatening to kill anybody who tried to interfere. Yes, they did trash the place to the tune of about $1.7 million. Yes, they did dig a 50-foot trench through a […]
They’ll be back
The gang in Oregon really wanted a martyr and they finally got one. Now, of course, they’re variously claiming that LaVoy Finicum was ambushed and shot in the back and lying on the ground and also somehow had his hands up. Next tweet you see, they’ll say he was singing “Amazing Grace” and passing […]
Kid’s got a future
Finally, someone more hate-worthy than ISIS and Donald Trump: Ethan Couch, 18, who killed four people and was spared jail time because his parents are rich. He’s where we got the dreadful term “affluenza”: that tragic condition of being so awash in wealth and privilege that one cannot be held accountable for one’s personal […]
Ain’t a thing we can do
He looks like they all do: geeky and vacant and profoundly weird. After all these mass shootings, you look at the pictures of the suspect and think, “how in the hell did that asshole get a gun?” But then this is America and acquiring a semiautomatic weapon is the least of a young psycho’s […]
It’s a depressing tradition
Back in March, a guy was shot to death a couple of blocks from here. A week or so later, this makeshift shrine went up at the scene. It’s still there; I walk or ride a bike past it nearly every day. It’s beginning to get on my nerves. The cops said the shooting […]
Guns, gates and paranoia
Once Jesse Jackson gets involved in an issue, you can be pretty sure that the time for rational discussion of the issue is long past. To Jackson, the shooting of Trayvon Martin means just one thing: “Blacks are under attack.” I really doubt that. I keep waiting for another shoe to drop in this […]