American criminal law, first on the federal level, and later, when the Supreme Court started to apply the Bill of Rights to the states in the 20th century [and at local level as well], has some restrictions on the government in […]
Crime
Respect For Women, Respect for Property, Social Compassion: The Real Proof of the Pudding
There has been a lot of international notoriety about some gang rapes in India. I don’t know how many they have had in the past, but many of the women have had it. The attached in the Wall Street Journal, […]
The Salinas Gang Problem and Restricted Housing
Is there any connection between the fact that Salinas has the gang problem that it does, and the fact that Monterey County’s restrictions on the building of housing are very strict? I can see why the inhabitants of the Monterey […]
Envy Isn’t Just a Left Wing Vice
Envy is one of the Seven Deadly Sins, and it involves wanting to deny other people things whether you have them or not. We generally think of it in terms of what the Australians call the Tall Poppy Syndrome; the […]