Category Archives: Crime & Punishment

It’s a lovely day in NYC

My weather report. Blue skies with fat white clouds moving slowly and working themselves into abstract creations. The temperature is low enough so that I’ve had my window open; the humidity is 33 percent. I’ve changed into a slightly heavier … Continue reading →

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“In his spare time he killed people.”

One of my Sunday pleasures is reading the Daily News’s historical piece in their weekly, long-running Justice Story feature. Each true tale is about a nasty crime — and nasty criminals — plucked from the annals of American crime, predominantly … Continue reading →

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Replace a couple of terms in these paragraphs about national corruption and…

…you can answer the repeated question, “What country was it…” with — well, not the U.S.A. actually. But with the MAGA-GOP branch of our country? Yes. In recent years, perhaps because of his increasing age, he was less and less … Continue reading →

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