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I once went out with a cop
A number of years ago I went out a couple of times with a cop. He was an unusual guy to be a sergeant in the NYPD. He had not only a college degree but an MA. He was a … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order, Racism, The Facts of Life
Tagged Bob Herbert, Derek Thompson, Edith Gaines, guns, Levi Gaines, NYPD, police practices, police violence, racism in policing, The Atlantic
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“Don’t trust them.”
In 1985 or so, when my father was diminished, in a wheel chair with an oxygen tank because of the emphysema that would kill him, some new words were introduced into the international conversation: Glasnost. Perestroika. A new leader had … Continue reading
Posted in Koch Bros Final Solution to Democracy, Mueller investigation, political campaigns, Politics, The Facts of Life, The filthy rich, Trumpism
Tagged Franklin Foer, glasnost, Gorbachev, Mueller investigation, perestroika, Richard Palmer, Russian corruption, Russian money in US, Soviet Union collapse, The Atlantic
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