The New York Times recently published an editorial: “Who’s Willing to Fight for Iraq?” Much of what it said has been written about before on this blog. The Iraq army really does not want to fight the Islamic State (ISIS) forces who are made up of Sunni Muslims; there is great dissention among the Sunnis…
Should FBI Agents Carry Guns: The Killing of Usaamah Rahim
The video of the shooting of Usaamah Rahim was released yesterday. We also learned, or at least I did, that according to Suffolk DA Dan Conley that five FBI agents and one Boston police officer approached Rahim. Perhaps had there been five Boston police officers and one FBI agent the reaction to Rahim may have…
Night Flight Might Spike Spikes’s Bright Light
The Patriots Brandon Spikes’s 2011 Mercedes Maybach was found early Sunday morning sometime around 3:30 a.m. on the medium median strip on Route 495 in Foxboro. It was there because it had been in an accident. The driver of the car reported that it had hit a deer but no deer was found in the area nor it…
These Guys Want To Be Your President:
Former Governor of Texas Rick Perry recently said: “ISIS represents the worst threat to freedom since Communism”. It seems when he gets to the White House he is going to be surprised that there is no “since Communism.” It is still around. It happens to be running the show in Red China, Vietnam, Cuba, and…
Massachusetts Ridiculous Police Problem: A Failure of Leadership
There is an ongoing dispute between the State Police and the Boston Police over a piece of land in South Boston that a few years back no one particularly wanted. Slowly its value was discovered and now it is one of the places to be. Some say it happened when the Moakley Federal Court house…
Wiping The Menino Slate Clean: Walsh’s Dirty War
When the missing art from the Boston Public library became news I learned for the first time that a woman, Amy Ryan, was its president and had been since 2008. With the name Ryan I assumed she was a native of the Boston area but to my surprise she is from Minnesota. When I Googled…