Missouri's overloaded public defender system is threatening to stop taking new cases, reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. This is “an unprecedented move that could put courts from St. Louis to Kansas City into turmoil.†With an average workload of 305 cases, the lawyers who represent 80 percent of the state's…
I've previously written about the enormous number of synonyms for poop, speculating on why there are so many synonyms. I don't know if my suggestions were convincing to others, but the issue still intrigues me. As an epilogue to that earlier post, I offer this video, one of many elaborate…
According to a little noticed change in the Patriot Act, the Bush administration is firing (not promoting or commending) some of its star prosecutors. Why? Because they became inconvenient. Worse, the fired prosecutors have all been replaced with political hacks whose jobs will include NOT prosecuting law-breaking friends of the…
What is the name of that organ we use to see? The brain, of course. Admittedly, our eyes are critically important for interpreting light rays, at least for those who have eyes that work. For those whose eyes don't work, however, hope is on the way. Using a special device…
If you want to sleep well and not worry about Bush's new plans for the Middle East, don't read this New Yorker article by Seymour Hersh: "The Redirection: Is the Administration’s new policy benefitting our enemies in the war on terrorism?"Â