June 4, 2020
How to curb police abuses—and how not to
fromTheVolokhConspiracy: Much can and must be done to curb police brutality. The task is difficult, but far from hopeless. But riots and looting are both wrong in themselves, and likely to have counterproductive results.Police State America
Models can’t predict next week’s weather, so why should we trust them to predict climate change?
fromWattsUpWithThat: No one “knew” the weather would cancel the SpaceX flight, but rather scientists used data to make the best educated guess which is part of the scientific method we learned about in third grade.Indoctrination and Censorship
Where did policing go wrong?
fromMattTaibee: "We have two systems of enforcement in America, a minimalist one for people with political clout, and an intrusive one for everyone else."Police State America
It’s past time to examine how police unions protect bad cops
fromNationalReview: The issue of rogue police officers who routinely violate constitutional rights and their superiors and unions who protect them is no longer a right-versus-left issue.Police State America
Gun stocks soar as riots, looting erupt across America
fromFoxNews: Nothing has demonstrated the citizen's need for self-protection guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment after watching days of looters having free reign, holding private property owners at their mercy.2nd Amendment Assaults
Walter E Williams: Some facts worth knowing
fromCreators: After accounting for income, charity and noncash welfare benefits, "the poorest 20% of Americans consume more goods and services than the national averages for all people in the world's most affluent countries."Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market
