Why is kidnapping for ransom so rare in the United States in the 21st Century?
To be precise, kidnappings in custody disputes and for sex crimes (or for other motivations in which the kidnapper wants t...
There's a little flap going on here in my home town of Huntington, Long Island. The local high school is doing a production of the 1960s movie musical Thoroughly Modern Millie. The movie was a fluffy b...
The Radio Derb transcript for April 5 is up. Go here to read or listen.
Playlist:
01m58s What divides the two big parties? (Begins with "Imm-," ends with "-tion.")
08m22s Secretary Nielsen says it's ...
rom The Telegraph (UK):
Man investigated by police for retweeting transgender limerick
Camilla Tominey, associate editor Joani Walsh24 JANUARY 2019 • 10:00PM
A docker from Humberside has been investi...
Our society is increasingly concerned about the existence of Racist Objects. From Los Angeles Magazine:
A USC Professor Is Suing the DMV for Rejecting His Vanity Plate
Jonathan Kotler’s attempt to hon...
In Collective punishment at the University of Tennessee, April 8, 2019 Hans Bader argues against punishing all University of Tennessee students for what he describes as “a Snapchat image with a racist ...
Congressional Republicans are finally doing something proactive on immigration. Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, David Perdue of Georgia, and Josh Hawley of Missouri reintroduced the RAISE Act on Wednesda...
Yesterday's tragicomic hearings in the House of Representatives about the need to censor the Internet so "white nationalists" don't murder everyone were a scandal. As James Fulford pointed out yesterda...
Israel is unapologetically a nation-state for a particular people. It has robust immigration law enforcement and a high birthrate among Jews. Israel's leaders also seem to be consciously managing demog...
From the New York Times (I rearranged the order of the paragraphs):
Bronx Teenager Who Became a Symbol for Ending Cash Bail Is Arrested on Slashing Charge
Pedro Hernandez, 19, who has accused the pol...
