The political blog Think Progress reported (Apr. 1), “In March alone, 111 people died during police encounters… As in the past, numerous incidents were spurred by violent threats from suspects, and two officers were shot in Ferguson during a peaceful protest. However, the deaths follow … Read More
Loyalty
May 11, 2015
Drilling Deeper
January 19, 2009
Two Things Americans Can Do
Heavy snow fell the night before the inauguration. On Friday, January 20, 1961, I sat in my seventh grade homeroom class while the teacher rolled in a black and white television and announced that we would all be watching history take place today. (Me, I … Read More
August 4, 2008
Being Manny
It’s 1938 and the darling of the British stage, Julia Lambert, has just finished another sterling performance. The next morning, she throws another sterling tantrum. I was thinking about the Annette Bening movie, “Being Julia” when I read that the Boston Red Sox had traded … Read More
May 30, 2008
A Higher Loyalty
There’s a scene in the ’97 noir classic, “L.A. Confidential” that takes place after a front-page story breaks detailing local police beating-up helpless prisoners in the lock-up. After straight-arrow cop Ed Exley unsuccessfully tries to stop the fight, the next day he’s asked if he … Read More
