There’s yet morerationality in the news today! Let’s stop quibbling about decriminalized marijuana for dying people and get to the heart of the matter: legalize, regulate, and tax. That’s what they’re looking into in Rhode Island. Katherine Gregg reportsin the Providence Journal: The measure poses a number of specific questions for study, among them: “Whether and to what extent Rhode…
Month: July 2009
Man Burned at Burning Man Assumed Risk of Being Burned by Burning Man
Sometimes the courts actual make the right decision. It seems that if you go to Burning Man and get burned by the actual burning man by walking in fire, you can’t sue. Fair enough. Lowering the Bar brought this important legal decision to my attention. I went to burning man once. There’s some incredibly cool art and ideas there (and…
Help Wanted
There’s a Craigslist help wanted ad for chief of the BPD’s Criminal Investigations Division. Normally you would expect this position to be in internal promotion. Justin Fenton writes about this in the Sun.
Rain Prevents Crime
Duh. All cops know that. Rain keeps all the sh*ts inside. But apparently it’s breaking news to the New York Times. But I also think, despite what the article says, that rain reduces domestics as well. I don’t have the stats to back that up, but it’s certainly what I saw. Domestics don’t start because two people are cooped up…
Raiding Gay Bars
40 Years after Stonewall police are still raiding gay bars? Really?! And looking for… er… drunk people? If you can’t be drunk in bar, my God, where can you be drunk? Apparently some police were looking for gay men to beat up. The Fort Worth police chief said, “You’re touched and advanced in certain ways by people inside the bar,…
Civil Service and Affirmative Action
The Supreme Court ruled in Ricci v. DeStafano that a particularly bizarre form of affirmative action is unconstitutional. You can’t just throw out a test because you don’t like the results. In 2003 a firefighter’s promotional exam produced no black candidates. The city of New Haven threw out the whole exam and promoted no one. I’m against racial discrimination and…