Archive for the 'Crime/Law' Category

It’s Sunday, it’s beautiful, let’s have a contest!

May 25th, 2008

JUNE 1 UPDATE: AND THE WINNER IS. . .ANN! HER COMMENT IS #12. ANN, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL. . .AND THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR SHARING YOUR FAVORITE BOOKS!
It’s a misty, overcast day here in Minnesota — the trees and grasses are blooming, the birds are singing, squirrels abound — [...]

At Sixteen

May 18th, 2008


A Revolution in C-Major

April 15th, 2008

For the last several months, I’ve heard the gospel of “change” preached from pillar to gallows, like a love song to the forlorn and forsaken. I have heard reams of speeches spun with the gold of hope, inspiration and motivation, and a few hundred star-crossed renditions of the American Dream.
The nearly hypnotizing [...]

Stalkerazzi Laws May Get Some Teeth

February 13th, 2008

After the taxpayers of Los Angeles shelled out $25,000 in expenses to protect the public and a young celebrity during her recent trip to a hospital, L.A. Councilman Dennis Zine proposed a new “buffer zone” law that will effect the most rabid of paparazzi — namely those who gather in large swarms, blazing flashbulbs within [...]

A Radical Notion: Children Come First, Period.

February 7th, 2008

She had a felony arrest for child neglect last July, but the Department of Childrens Services was not monitoring Latasha Morris, or checking up on her children. In between December 2007 and January 2008, Morris was arrested four times. On February 6th, Morris, a chronic alcoholic and drug user, passed out on top [...]