The militarization of American policing.
It’s not just the War on (Some) Drugs. It’s also all the free goodies that police departments have been getting from the military as surplus.
Category Archives: Social Commentary
Trivializing Sexual Assault
First the left went after George Will, and now they’ve chosen a really bad target: a smart law professor:
But really, all that vitriol because Dean is “not sure” that an imprecise reading of what I wrote is correct? Even if she had recounted what I wrote precisely correctly, all that vitriol because she’s “not sure” I’m right?
Nor, for that matter, does Dean ever address my point about a proposed California law providing for judging sexual assault complaints by an “affirmative consent” consent standard, but only for college students in college-run hearings; if this is a good idea, why only for this limited category of people in limited circumstances? Why not make it the legal standard for sexual assault in California? A particular scenario can’t logically change from sexual assault to non-sexual assault because it happens the day after graduation instead of the day before.
As for my broader point, that the extremely broad explicit consent standard incorrectly provided on DOJ’s website means that the vast majority of men and women in the U.S. are guilty of sexual assault, Dean doesn’t bother to disagree. Instead, the best she can muster is “I do not think we are looking at any real danger of people being marched off to death camps for kissing each other.”
That’s obviously not really the question. The question is whether you want to create a sexual assault standard that is so broad that a prosecutor (or other authority, if for example it’s a university matter) can basically punish anyone they want to, so long as someone is willing to file a complaint. And so broad, as well, that it trivializes sexual assault, in that it conflates sexual assault with things like reaching out to hold your date’s hand under the dinner table.
We need to push back against these little fascists, hard.
[Update a few minutes later[
More thoughts from Ann Althouse on “chilling” debate.
The Presbyterian Church On Israel
“Piketty’s Big Book Of Marxiness”
A review, including a review of the reviews.
Why You Are Wrong
This seems like a pretty clear explanation to me.
What Is Liberty Island?
The Publishing Business
I have to agree with the commenters, though. The publisher doesn’t mind taking a bath on Her Highness’s “best seller.” It’s just a way to avoid campaign-finance laws.
“College” Is Not A Generic Product
And all degrees are not created equal, which should be obvious to anyone not dim of wit. Yet our public policies with regard to higher education (Including the president’s latest attempt to further subsidize student loans) insanely assumes that they are.
One Or Two Spaces After A Period
I will confess to being a two-spacer, for exactly the reason described. I learned to type on a typewriter without proportional spacing. It’s a hard habit to break, particularly since I haven’t had much reason to try (HTML ignores the extra space when displaying).
“Another Alger Hiss Victim”
I guess @hughwewitt should have given Mr. Messenger a trigger warning.