• 24,000 inmates are in prison for conducting what is now widely considered

    24,000 inmates are in prison for conducting what is now widely considered "essential business."

    The US federal government does a bunch of things that mystify me. They cannot discriminate in conferring benefits based on race, oh, unless it is affirmative action. Government agents cannot search you or your home without first earning a warrant, unless they think they should. I’ve even accepted there are alternative truths; you can keep …
  • Harvey Weinstein sent to prison near Buffalo

    Harvey Weinstein sent to prison near Buffalo

    Harvey Weinstein is trading in the world of red carpets for a world of rust-belt ruin. The disgraced movie mogul on Wednesday was sent just about as far from the bright lights of sunny Hollywood as one can get, when he was transported from Rikers Island to an upstate prison east of Buffalo. The convicted …