ICE appoints itself supreme authority for detainment and deportation
As the sanctuary movement illustrates, federal authority in immigration cases is not welcome in many places. It is certainly not welcome here in Massachusetts.
Category Archives: Law and Society
Vaccination and causes of autism
You cannot force people to put something inside their bodies against their will. You can no more do that than force them to kill themselves.
How would you define “house of horrors”?
No bureaucrat has yet taken responsibility for treatment that, in some ways, is worse than that Louise and David Turpin visited on their sons and daughters.
Political stupidity in the extreme
That’s what I mean by stupid. Comey cannot see his motives or his actions from any point of view other than his own.
Opioid puzzlement: simple solutions, hard to execute
All of the coercive, state-run efforts to reduce opioid use have one thing in common: they don’t work.
Stop & Shop strike
I wish they thought more of me. I do not like to be used as a tool in someone else’s dispute.
College cheats go the limit
If you want to be proud of your children, encourage them to get ahead, and teach them how to do it. Do not break the law because they want to make everything easy for them.
Treason then and now
“This man was a traitor to his country and he will never be pardoned during my administration.”
Vaxxers, anti-vaxxers, vaccines, and vaccinations
For opponents of governmental efforts to compel parents to immunize their children, benefit of doubt and ultimate authority lies with parents. It does not rest with public health authorities, medical practitioners, or any other public agency.
Peeping Toms in uniform
Meanwhile, Roger Goodell might force Robert Kraft out of business. Then everyone outside New England would be happy.
Andrew McCabe stands proud
When a former FBI director boasts about this legacy of ‘protection’, you have to grant some credibility the president’s splenetic tweets about the bureau and the Department of Justice. They contain plenty of truthful kernels.
Smug prosecutor syndrome
Do empty promises lead to the White House? Do lies work when you have power? Of course they do.
