Category Archives: Crime & Punishment

I go out shopping and what does the jury do?

Posted on January 26, 2024 by Naomi

Wham. They deliberated and decided while I was shopping! Didn’t wait for me to get home. And decided in favor of E. Jean Carroll in her defamation damages lawsuit against Trump. For continual defamation. Guy can’t shut up. The number … Continue reading →

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Mishegas: Some, uh, nutsy factual findings via Harper’s

Posted on January 4, 2024 by Naomi

I’m not criticizing Harper’s. Oh no! The magazine gives me such pleasure and bewilderment. (I love bewilderment. It leads to…things.) So I’m devoted to their Findings page (the very last in the mag’s hard copy) which collects and bunches together … Continue reading →

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Chronicles of theft and resolution

Posted on December 27, 2023 by Naomi

From Harper’s Weekly Review, a wide range of stolen objects: A bronze top hat went missing from a statue of Abraham Lincoln in Louisville, Kentucky, a marble slab that had been stolen from the ruins of Pompeii was found on … Continue reading →

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