Category Archives: Law

Crime and tyranny

Posted on May 9, 2023 by Stephen W. Browne

“A nation that will not enforce its laws has no claim to the respect and allegiance of its people.” ~Ambrose Bierce Well, one Jordan Neely is dead and the Marine who put him in the fatal chokehold has been identified … Continue reading →

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Do we need a Scotch verdict?

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Stephen W. Browne

Note: Cross-posted at “Steve’s Place” at the Marshall Independent. “It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death.” Moses Maimonides (1135-1204,) Sefer Hamitzvot [Book of the Commandments] Well … Continue reading →

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The Other War

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Stephen W. Browne

If you’ll look here you’ll find Ollie North’s article on the narco wars south of the Rio Grande. North warns, rightly I think, of the violence in Mexico related to drug gangs, spreading murder and kidnapping to the U.S. But… … Continue reading →

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Right versus Left, versus Right versus Right

Posted on September 18, 2007 by Stephen W. Browne

Note: I recently got to cover the press conference with General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker, and wrote about it for Human Events here: http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=22371 The post-Petraeus report period is a great example of how hard it is to have a … Continue reading →

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The Amish Tragedy

Posted on October 6, 2006 by Stephen W. Browne

What did the Amish do to deserve what happened to their children this week? Now if you thought that I meant that in anything but a rhetorical sense you’d condemn me as a moral monster- and you’d be right. The … Continue reading →

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