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Category Archives: Editorials
Joan Rivers: Costco Violated My First Amendment Rights
”This is very frightening and it is truly about the First Amendment … This is America and I don’t want to see censorship.” -Joan Rivers, yesterday, after being asked by police to leave a Costco store, after she chained herself to a shopping cart inside the store — to protest … Continue reading
Why the Chick-fil-A Employee who was berated by the (former) Arizona CFO wants to meet him again
Follow-Up: More about Adam Smith’s Purposeful Day — and why the woman he berated (yes, a woman: initial news reports had that detail wrong. Does this make his actions just a bit more repulsive?) wants to meet him again. Previously: Adam Smith was so proud of what he did last … Continue reading
Posted in Bill Bickel, Managing Editor, Current Criminal Justice Headline News, Editorials, News, Polls
Tagged Chick-fil-A, gay marriage, polls, videos, YouTube
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Another Mass Shooting, Another Instant Celebrity
And now, after another mass shooting, we have another instant celebrity whose history and opinions will be discussed, analyzed, and in some cases actually taken seriously. At one point this afternoon, the two top stories on cnn.com were about the guy who shot up the Sikh temple and the guy … Continue reading
The James Holmes media blitz, why it will be a challenge convicting Drew Peterson, how John (”Monday”) Perrault’s lawyer Geragos-ed him, and how two sexual attackers’ attorneys Streisand-ed them
Okay, here’s a thought… let’s stop delving into the minutiae of James Holmes’s life as if he’s this week’s celebrity, okay? Most of the time, these killers just wanted the world to pay attention to them. Maybe we shouldn’t show them that this is a good way to get it. … Continue reading
In the Aftermath of the Aurora Shootings: Medical Bills, Conspiracy Theories; and, of Course, Lawsuits
James Holmes killed twelve people wounded dozens more at an Aurora, Colorado movie theatre last week; but apparently you can’t have a tragedy without some conspiracy theories. This one claims it was all a carefully-constructed plan to undermine our Second Amendment rights. Or something. This Time magazine column asks a … Continue reading
Massachusetts Mayor Affirms Firing of Police Officer Who Called a Ballplayer ”Monday”
Leominster mayor Dean Mazzarella, stating that John Perrault’s comment was proof that he’s unfit to serve as a police officer, today affirmed police chief Robert Healey’s recommendation that Perrault be fired. In a letter to Perrault, Mazzarella wrote “”Your actions are so egregious that severe discipline is warranted.” Okay, fine, … Continue reading
Posted in Bill Bickel, Managing Editor, Current Criminal Justice Headline News, Editorials, News, Polls
Tagged baseball, polls, race
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Badly-Written Article of the Week
According to this ABC News report, a former police captain shot and killed his adult son late Friday night, thinking he was an intruder, while they were both staying at an upstate New York motel as part of a motorcycle club outing. Local prosecutors are still deciding whether to file … Continue reading
Posted in Bill Bickel, Managing Editor, Current Criminal Justice Headline News, Editorials, News
Tagged Bill Bickel, Editorials, guns, media
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Single-sex dorms, the rebirth of the birthers, Muslim Brotherhood infiltration of Congress, and the legal and tax ramifications of the zombie apocalypse
Being John Banzhaf: Remember Banzhaf’s lawsuit last year “on behalf of” Muslim students at the Catholic University of America, complaining that the school wasn’t sufficiently Islamofriendly? It followed another lawsuit earlier in the year, also against CUA, charging that their plans to restore single-sex residence halls constituted illegal sex discrimination. … Continue reading
Octomom Sued For Breaking Her Contract To Strip in a Florida Club
“It means so much to be the first one to get her… With this sort of thing, you have to be the first one out of the box.” -Gary Odle, owner of T’s Lounge The obvious joke notwithstanding… Nadya Denise Doud-Suleman, the California mother of fourteen best known — okay, … Continue reading
Posted in Bill Bickel, Managing Editor, Editorials, Lawsuits, Lighter Side, Weird World Of Crime
Tagged lawsuits, Octomom
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New York, New York, It’s a Hell of a Town
Okay, first your thoughts: the poll is only for out-of-towners who don’t visit New York City, please. My 2¢ follows. Is this your impression of New York City in 2012? Thirty, thirty-five years ago, New York City was a scary place: crime had jumped to third-world standards (you had a … Continue reading
Posted in Bill Bickel, Managing Editor, Editorials, Lawsuits, Polls
Tagged Bernhard Goetz, Bill Bickel, editorial, guns, lawsuits, muggings, New York City, polls, subway, vigilante
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