Category Archives: Law, suits and order

Other people’s legal problems, aside from my own.

Almost exactly six years ago, I wrote about Epstein & conspiracy theories

Posted on August 11, 2025 by Naomi

I’m not proclaiming prescience here — a lot of people were naturally delving into Epstein’s death — but on August 10, 2019 — six years and one day ago, the day the NYT published the story about Epstein’s death — … Continue reading →

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I’m reading about Hitler’s intelligence agencies. Can’t imagine why

Posted on May 3, 2025 by Naomi

Re-reading, actually, the exhaustive history of Hitler’s intelligence operations, Hitler’s Spies: German Military Intelligence In World War II, by David Kahn. Exhaustive it may be, but Kahn was such a terrific storyteller the book reads like the complex thriller it … Continue reading →

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Fearful historians. Combative lawyers. Everybody yelling at Democrats

Posted on February 21, 2025 by Naomi

Yesterday, I watched and listened to Paul Krugman having a penetrating conversation with a military historian, Phillips O’Brien, who teaches at the University of St. Andrews (Scotland). They were discussing us, i.e., America in the throes of today. It was … Continue reading →

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