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Bloomberg and Trump Share a Misguided Love of Stop and Frisk: Both New York Billionaires Overestimate Program's Effectiveness, Overlook Its Constitutional Defects Sep. 26, 2018
Michael Bloomberg is once again threatening to run for president, this time as a Democrat. In the un... Read More
Flipping Benefits Prosecutors, Not the Public Aug. 29, 2018
Last Thursday, after President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty to eigh... Read More
Animal Crackers in My Soul Aug. 27, 2018
I like animal crackers, and every now and then I'll buy a box. They're vaguely comforting because th... Read More
Oklahoma's Wretched Record on Wrongful Convictions Aug. 08, 2018
"Frontier justice" costs too many citizens of all races, creeds, and backgrounds their freedom and t... Read More
Second-Look Sentencing Jul. 14, 2018
Do you believe in second chances? To be more specific, do you believe in second chances for convicte... Read More
Undocumented Immigrants Make Us Safer May. 10, 2018
From the beginning of his campaign for president, Donald Trump portrayed illegal immigration as a fo... Read More
Nationwide, Dems Attack ICE instead of Crime May. 02, 2018
New York's Governor Andrew Cuomo is threatening to sue the federal Immigration and Customs Enforceme... Read More
President Trump and the Attorney-Client Privilege Apr. 19, 2018
A few weeks ago, President Donald Trump was an outwardly happy man because of the utterance of one s... Read More
Official Washington's Crimes Apr. 19, 2018
WASHINGTON — William Casey was my lawyer. One day, I came into my office and found a large man... Read More
A Mayor's Most Important Job Apr. 18, 2018
When World War II ended, Washington, D.C.'s population was about 900,000; today it's about 700,000. ... Read More
Stalking Horses Nov. 15, 2017
When hunting was the major source of food, hunters often used stalking horses as a means of sneaking... Read More
LYNDA HIRSCH ON TELEVISION -- GOSSIP Aug. 12, 2017
Any regular reader of this column knows I love true crime. My DVR can record six shows at once, and ... Read More
'Good Time': Robert Pattinson Is a Major Surprise in a Strange and Wonderful New Crime Flick Aug. 11, 2017
Robert Pattinson does his best work to date in "Good Time," a raw, roaring new movie from the Safdie... Read More
Cruel and Stupid May. 17, 2017
President Trump's attorney general, Jeff Sessions, ordered federal prosecutors to seek maximum penal... Read More
In Chicago, Bad Policing Doesn't Stop Crime Mar. 12, 2017
With violent crime surging in Chicago, the Trump administration rejects the idea of police restraint... Read More
Addicted to the Worst Kind of Pornography -- One Man's Story Mar. 11, 2017
It was among the oddest email requests I ever got. It said: "Please visit: MyShipwreck.com. The blog... Read More
Pawns of Liberals Feb. 15, 2017
Ordinary black people cannot afford to go along with the liberal agenda that calls for undermining p... Read More
America's Murder-Inequality Hot Spots Jan. 28, 2017
Here's a thought. Maybe we've been going about trying to reduce the rising murder rate in this count... Read More
The Black Community and Crime Jan. 11, 2017
The FBI reported that the total number of homicides in 2015 was 15,696. Blacks were about 52 percent... Read More
Good Riddance, 2016: A Wish List for 2017 Dec. 31, 2016
As my father would have said about the year 2016, "So long, and don't let the door hit you in the ru... Read More
