2023 archive
Intimidations of Immorality 0
I am not a lawyer (though I once thought I wanted to be one, until I met some law students and decided I never wanted to be that uptight), but, to the best of my understanding, attempting to intimidate potential witnesses and members of a jury pool is viewed less than favorably.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
An automobile passenger plays with his politeness.
It was discharged, and struck the victim who was driving, wounding her. Immediate efforts were made to provide medical assistance, but the victim was pronounced dead at the accident scene.
Originalist Sin 0
Justice Elena Kagan argues that the Supreme Supremacist Court is, indeed, not above the law.
“But It’s the Only Possible Explanation” 0
Writing at Psychology Today Blogs, Sara Gorman and Jack Gorman look at a recent study regarding persons who tend to believe in conspiracy theories. It suggests that personality traits, rather than demographic factors, may play a larger role in susceptibility to conspiracy theories than previously thought. Here’s a bit:
In fact, this was not a major motivator in this analysis. Instead, wanting their group to feel superior to other groups was a much more significant motivation to believe in conspiracy theories. In terms of personality traits, the researchers found a strong association between believing in conspiracy theories and the following traits: insecurity, paranoia, emotional volatility, and impulsivity. People with high levels of belief in conspiracy theories were also more likely to be manipulative, egocentric, and eccentric.
Given the current state of dis coarse discourse, I think their piece is well worth a read.
The Lake Effect 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Mike Murphy marvels at the metastasis of the mendacity.
Fly the Fiendly Skies . . . 0
. . . and be ready for a surprise.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another child is sacrificed on the NRA’s altar of lead.
Twits Own Twitter 0
Legal-oriented subreddit Xes out links to Twitter. Here’s the gist; more at the link.
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r/law, a popular subreddit about the law announced last week that it was completely banning links to Twitter for this reason.
Credit Crunch 0
Thom explores why Republicans are willing to erode America’s credit rating.
Aside:
The Founders were leery of political parties–they used the term “faction”–because they feared the time would come when a faction would put itself above the nation.
Methinks said fears may not have been unfounded.
A Picture Is Worth 0
Voting is not a right. It is a duty.
Vote in every election: local, state, and national.
And vote in the real world.
Spin Cycle 0
And round and round it goes . . . .
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
No doubt his defense will be that he was just horsing around . . . .