Discriminatory Diversity Programs

 

We drifted into dangerous territory when we went from equal opportunity to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. My essay is here.

Documentary

 

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From between two trees at the crest of the hill a very old man watched, with a nostalgic longing he thought he'd lost all capacity for, as the last group of picnickers packed up their baskets, mounted their horses. and rode away south - they moved a little hastily, for it was a good six miles back to London, and the red sun was already silhouetting the branches of the trees along the River Brent, two miles to the west.

- From The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers

Imagination

 

Find Something Beautiful Today

[Photo by Conny Schneider at Unsplash]

Minneapolis Shooting

 A former federal prosecutor reviews court decisions and standards related to the Minneapolis shooting case.

A book that may be of interest:

Arresting Communication: Essential Interaction Skills for Law Enforcement by Jim Glennon.

Missed

I know it's strange, but I still occasionally click on what was the FutureLawyer site.

Rest in Peace, Rick.

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 Though the evening breeze had chilled his back on the way across, it hadn't yet begun its nightly job of sweeping out from the island's clustered vines and palm boles the humid air that the day had left behind, and Benjamin Hurwood's face was gleaming with sweat before the black man had led him even a dozen yards into the jungle. Hurwood hefted the machete that he gripped in his left - and only - hand, and peered uneasily into the darkness that seemed to crowd up behind the torchlit vegetation around them and overhead, for the stories he'd heard of cannibals and giant snakes seemed entirely plausible now, and it was difficult, despite recent experiences, to rely for safety on the collection of ox-tails and cloth bags and little statues that dangled from the other man's belt. In this primeval rain forest it didn't help to think of them as gardes and arrets and drogues rather than fetishes, or of his companion as a bocor rather than a witch doctor or shaman.

- From On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers

Either This or My Fair Lady

 

A Former Special Counsel Assaults the First Amendment

Law professor Jonathan Turley on Jack Smith's testimony before Congress.