I’ve suggested that the prosecution of John Connolly for the same crime in the federal government where he was acquitted and then again in the state of Florida where he was convicted was double jeopardy which is forbidden by our Constitution. There is an exception to the idea a person cannot be put in jeopardy…
An View on the Poetry in Ukraine as Told to Others:
No one, least of all me, really cares about the economics of what the EU was offering to Ukraine, beyond a vague uncertainty of how many Greeks rail against a two tiered Europe and want their drachma back, or the conviction that colonialism is never a particularly good deal for the colonized, and Ukraine has…
The Sunshine State Needs Some Sunlight: Part Two
The Florida’s prosecution system is totally suspect. It’s not just its prosecution of John Connolly, or its failure to investigate a killing because the killer was an FBI agent, it’s the ongoing matter involving the young Florida State University (FSU) co-ed who said she was raped. This young woman has the daunting task of securing…
Whose Worse: Whitey Bulger or Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
We’ve read that Whitey terrorized the City of Boston for decades but have difficulty finding anyone who was terrorized by him. Unlike during the time of the Boston Strangler when women thought twice about leaving their homes, you can’t find one person who had the same feeling because of the existence of Whitey Bulger. Whitey…
Ukraine: A Ukrainian’s View From America
Victor Fedorovich was born in an ugly village in the “industrialized” Donetsk region of the country. Industrialized by Soviet standards. “My childhood was difficult and hungry,” he said. “I grew up without my mother, who died when I was two. I went around barefooted in the streets. I had to fight for myself every day.”…
The Sunshine State Needs Some Sunlight: Part One
“Brandeis made his famous statement that “sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants” in a 1913 Harper’s Weekly article, entitled “What Publicity Can Do” according to an article I read. Justice Brandeis was referring to the need that actions by government agencies be done in a transparent manner. He knew that the deals behind doors or…