Monthly Archives: January 2007

Gentle Honesty

By Bob

27 January, 2007

“You know I’m having trouble with my muscles, right?” Aimee began, surprised at her own composure. Her son nodded. “Well,” she said, slowly, “Daddy’s sad because the doctor told me they’re not going to be able to help me get better.” Nicholas sat there for a moment, thinking about what his mom had said...
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Followup: Unreasonable Search

By Bob

26 January, 2007

Following up on this post, we read that prosecutors have ended their efforts to forcibly remove the slug form Mr. Bush, feeling that they can prove their case without the bullet. It would have been interesting to hear more detailed arguments on both sides, and see that case wend its way through the court...
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Firearms and Politics

By Bob

25 January, 2007

If you were a member of the FAP list hosted at world.std.com, and you’ve given up on it, or been shut out, or whatever, head over to firearmspolitics.info. CD Tavares and Henry Schaffer have set up that domain to host a new version of the list.
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We’re here to protect you

By Bob

24 January, 2007

It’s a good thing the airports are so safe now, and no one can break in, and bypass all that gate security, and maybe just plant a bomb on an aircraft. No, Mr. Scheuerman didn’t plant a bomb, or weapons for a hijacker to use. But he could have. Yes, he was caught. But...
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DNA frees another

By Bob

18 January, 2007

The Innocence Project is a non-profit legal clinic dedicated to bringing up appeals on cases where DNA can exonerate a convict. Since 1989, they have freed or cleared 191 people of the charges they were convicted of. On January 17, they scored number 192. James Waller was the 12th person convicted in Dallas County,...
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Unintended Consequences #3

By Bob

17 January, 2007

Have an affair; go to jail for life, in Michigan. Interesting case, really. Lloyd Waltonen traded a waitress sexual favors for Oxycontin pills. That was a felony – giving her the drugs: “delivering a controlled substance”. But they also charged him with criminal sexual conduct, a major felony, under the section of law that...
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