Why is it that the Democrats are all about government programs to reduce inequality . . . except when it comes to letting poor people send their kids to the same schools the kids of politicians attend? The standardized testing data on the D.C. voucher program is inconclusive. But parents are overwhe...

What to read now that you’ve read Watchmen. Louisiana State University gets its very own SWAT team (but they won’t call it that). Yet another reason why I’ll never understand religion. These people get excommunicated, while pedophile priests get protected? U.S. attorneys in medical...

So when the cops kill your dog , even when you’ve done nothing wrong, even if the pup was harmless, it’s “sorry–the officer felt threatened,” and there’s little you can do about it. It’s just an animal, after all. But put a badge on a dog? During an elaborat...

I guess the question is, did Bush and his top advisers really have an epiphany, or was the message here that only they could be trusted with such power? In its final days, the George W. Bush administration issued a Justice Department opinion dramatically reversing most of the legal arguments that go...

In a piece about the Jimmie Duncan case (first reported here two weeks ago) Monroe, Louisiana’s black newspaper the Free Press reports on yet another strange autopsy from former Mississippi medical examiner Steven Hayne. In 2000 there was another strange autopsy report in Ouachita Parish. Jere...

In a piece about the Jimmie Duncan case, Monroe, Louisiana’s black newspaper the Free Press writes… In 2000 there was another strange autopsy report in Ouachita Parish. Jeremy Burton tried to rob a motel on Louisville avenue and was cornered by the cops in a dark alley. Shots were fired ...

Last Thursday, we posted my report about a video of a bite mark examination in Louisiana that showed possible criminal evidence tampering by Mississippi dentist and self-proclaimed bite mark expert Dr. Michael West. The evidence was used to help convict Jimmie Duncan of raping and murdering 23-month...

Last Thursday, we posted my report about a video of a bite mark examination in Louisiana that showed possible criminal evidence tampering by Mississippi dentist and self-proclaimed bite mark expert Dr. Michael West. The evidence was used to help convict Jimmie Duncan of raping and murdering 23-month...

The fun starts at about the two minute mark. I don’t know if Louis C.K. has libertarian sympathies, but this rant is pretty righteous. We tend to lose sight of just how damned far capitalism has gotten us....

• Supreme Court gets petition with citing to a YouTube video, which may change "the way appellate judges do their work." • Fed head Bernanke rebukes AIG, Treasury gives them another $30 billion anyway. •  Obama approval rating soars, GOP/Limbaugh party at an all-time lo...