Wednesday Writs: Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Suspected enemy combatants at Gitmo were not permitted rights afforded to US citizens. But with Hamdi, the government ran into a wrinkle: He was, in fact, a US citizen.
Tagged: George Zimmerman
Judging the Guilty in Ferguson
For the majority of Americans outraged by the tragic shooting of Michael Brown, last week’s grand jury decision in Ferguson was worse than unjust.
It was inconvenient.
What’s the Difference Between Richard Cohen and John Derbyshire?
Tod Kelly argues that there’s only one real difference: NRO was willing to part ways with Derbyshire for his embarrassingly offensive racism, while the Washington Post seems to be OK with Cohen’s.
On Zimmerman and Stand Your Ground [Updated]
If your Facebook wall looks anything like mine, yesterday was a big day for The Nation’s Aura Bogado, whose response to the George Zimmerman trial — headlined “White Supremacy Acquits George Zimmerman” — went...
Trayvon Martin, the criminalblackmale
Being perfectly willing to pick at an old scab, I’ll highlight this column in The Guardian about the start of the George Zimmerman trial. Mr. Zimmerman’s attorneys are attempting to paint a very specific picture...
What risk management has taught me about the Trayvon Martin shooting
One of the byproducts of having spent the past two decades in risk management is that, for better or worse, I tend to view everything I see in the news through that lens. This...
