I am struck by two simultaneous episodes of terrible policing right here in Massachusetts this week. The first is the Home invasion by a SWAT team attacking an innocent Hispanic couple in Worcester (emphasis mine): A woman said police … [Read more...]

On Thursday (13-August-2015), GOP presidential contender Jeb Bush publicly refused to rule out torture, according to reports like this: Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Thursday declined to rule out resuming the use of torture … [Read more...]

Yet another out-of-control cop in Massachusetts. Multiple sources (including pretty much every local mainstream media outlet) report that Medford detective Stephen Lebert threatened to "put a hole right through your (expletive) head" … [Read more...]

Multiple sources report that Billerica selectman George Simolaris (a painting contractor by trade) faces arrest, prosecution, and fines because he had the audacity to paint five crosswalks himself after months of inaction from the … [Read more...]

I feel as though the nation I love is becoming a police state. I want it to stop. George Cross, 40, in costume Lynn police arrested George Cross, 40, after Mr. Cross committed the horrific crime of standing on a public sidewalk … [Read more...]

The video speaks for itself (there is an embed tag above, but I lack the necessary privileges for the BMG software to include it). From the email many of us got from Senator Warren this afternoon. Note to editors: it would be … [Read more...]

Google chrome is WAY faster than Firefox (v38.0.1) and does NOT suffer from the annoying loss-of-focus bug that Mozilla insists is not a Mozilla bug. It seems that Mozilla and Adobe are arguing about whether said bug is a Flash or … [Read more...]

Note to the editors: I attempted to embed this entertaining link. Apparently my permissions issue still exists. Money Talks Yesterday, artfully timed to help celebrate "Rider Appreciation Day", a class action suit was filed against the … [Read more...]

Various sources like this report an impressive example of first-world public transportation (emphasis mine): A Japanese maglev that is the fastest passenger train in the world broke its own speed record this week. Operator JR Central … [Read more...]

In a provocative appearance on ABC's "This week", former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley spoke to a certain weariness that at least some of us have with the current state of the 2016 presidential campaign: “The presidency of the United … [Read more...]