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Q&A With Steve Thomas: May 9, 2000

Steve Thomas, one of the lead detectives in the JonBenet Ramsey case before resigning in 1998 (and author of JonBenet: Inside the Ramsey Murder Investigation), joined us for a Q&A session on May 9, 2000. Mr. Thomas made headlines in the summer of 1998 when he resigned from his job, … Continue reading

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Q&A With Steve Thomas: November 14, 2000

Steve Thomas, one of the lead detectives in the JonBenet Ramsey case before resigning in 1998 (and author of JonBenet: Inside the Ramsey Murder Investigation), joined us for a Q&A session on November 14, 2000 (the transcript of an earlier Q&A session is here). Mr. Thomas made headlines in the … Continue reading

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Louisiana Legislator Wants to Ban Pajamas in Public. Again.

Undeterred by last year’s failure, Williams is again trying to drum up support for a ban on wearing pajamas in public. More January 16, 2012: Michael Williams, a parish district commissioner in Caddo, Louisiana, wants a ban on wearing pajamas in public. He says he made this decision after seeing … Continue reading

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Legislator Wants Rape Victims to be Required to Carry Babies to Term, So the Fetus Can Be Used As Evidence

Tampering with evidence shall include procuring or facilitating an abortion, or coercing or compelling another to obtain an abortion, of a fetus that is the result of criminal sexual penetration or incest with the intent to destroy evidence of the crime -New Mexico House Bill 206, introduced Wednesday by State … Continue reading

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Vengeance is Mine, Saith the Lord — but what does the Supreme Court say?

You took God’s money. You took the Lord’s money and those of us that believe that there is an Almighty and that there is a being that created this world to go in and then steal money that is being tendered by people for the furtherance of an earthly kingdom … Continue reading

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Say, it’s only a paper gun…

In Philadelphia last week, a fifth-grader was reprimanded by her teacher, and told she could arrested, after bringing to school a sheet of paper her grandfather had folded into the shape of a gun. She hadn’t threatened anybody with it, hadn’t even said “bang,” and the sheet of paper was … Continue reading

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The Library and the Painting

I thought this one needed a “landing page”: the article is of a sexual nature, the accompanying illustration might offend, and I’ll be allowing more latitude than normal in your responses. I trust you all to remember that there are more proper and less proper words to express anything you … Continue reading

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”Superior Legal Mind” Suffers Another Legal Setback

Gregory Berry’s appeal of the dismissal of his appeal of the dismissal of his lawsuit against the law firm that fired him (I think I have that right; it’s getting complicated) was turned down today by a New York state appeals panel that pointed out, to nobody’s surprise but Berry’s, … Continue reading

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Friday Morning Miscellany: Gun Edition

Obama’s Gun Pulpit: The New Yorker offers perspective for the President’s Wednesday speech January 19 is Gun Appreciation Day Could ”smart guns” prevent the next Newtown? Spring City, Utah, Wants Everybody to be Armed Newtown School Districts Rejects NRA Plan to Arm Teachers — and they’re not pleased with the … Continue reading

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Friday Morning Miscellany: No-Gun Edition

The Art of the Pickpocket (with video) Burglar Forgets Mask, Puts Bucket Over His Head Instead: Watch the video here Father Hires Video Game Assassin to Kill Son’s Character Basking Ridge, New Jersey Explains Why Permits For Mosques Should Be Handled Differently From Permits For Churches (though their argument might … Continue reading

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