Andrew Warren (bio here) is a former federal prosecutor, and currently the elected prosecuting attorney in Tampa, Florida. He was suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on August 4, 2022, for “neglect of duty” because he signed a letter saying he wouldn’t enforce GOP-enacted Florida pr[...]
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September 18th, 2022 - 6:58 pm § in Law and Courts
No. No, no, and no.
On December 1, 1997, a 14-year-old boy named Michael Carneal walked into a Paducah, Kentucky, high school with a gun and “and opened fire in the lobby where students had gathered for a prayer circle.” Three girls died. They were Nicole Hadley, 14; Kayce Steger, 15; and Jessica James, 17.[...]
June 3rd, 2022 - 2:21 pm § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
Ohio GOP passes bill requiring crotch inspections for girls’ sports
Ohio Republican legislators passed a bill late Wednesday night banning trans girls from high school and college athletics that “comes with a ‘verification process’ of checking the genitals of those ‘accused’ of being trans,” a Cleveland TV station reported on Frid[...]
April 23rd, 2022 - 3:05 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Could tribes go into the abortion business?
If the Supreme Court lets states outlaw abortion, could abortion clinics still operate on Native American reservations in those states? In theory, the answer appears to be “yes,” because reservations are federal land, and states can’t legislate what happens there. It’s actual[...]
January 22nd, 2022 - 2:16 pm § in Politics
Elections and responsibilities of citizenship
When I was in the Army, we were told “freedom is not free.” What they meant was we had a citizen responsibility to defend our nation, but in my view it’s equally applicable to our roles in America’s civilian society. We have a good thing going for ourselves, in this country, [...]
Army Reserve fires medical officer for his vocal racism
A lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve who likes Confederate flags and statues, and doesn’t like Barack Obama, Democrats in general, Black Lives Matter, or Muslims has been found guilty of “conduct unbecoming,” Military.com reported on January 7, 2022 (read story here). Not becau[...]
Anti-vaxxers will do it for money
They won’t do it to save their own skins, but they will for a free lottery ticket. On May 12, 2021, Ohio’s governor (a Republican!) announced the “Vax-a-Million program,” under which the state would announce weekly million-dollar winners for 5 weeks. Only Ohioans over age 18 [...]
Retired colonel with Ph.D. in history couldn’t pass a 9th grade civics test
Douglas V. Mastriano (photo, left) is a retired Army colonel with big political ambitions and small understanding of democracy. Born in 1964, son of a Navy lifer, he graduated from a tiny Baptist college in Pennsylvania (info here) and received an Army commission at age 22. (His bio — read it [...]
November 5th, 2020 - 12:30 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Oregon State volleyball program accused of player abuse
Numerous former players have accused Oregon State’s women’s volleyball coach of abusing them, some to the point of contemplating suicide. Division 1 collegiate sports are highly competitive, and competing at that level in any sport requires coaches to drive their players. The line betwee[...]
FactCheck: Amy Comey Barrett was a Rhodes College student, not a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford
Kayleigh McEnany, Trump’s press secretary, got fact-checked again. Tough job, that. Maybe too much for her. She said in a press briefing on Thursday, October 1, 2020, that Amy Coney Barrett “is a Rhodes scholar.” Well, yes and no. Barrett didn’t get a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford, bu[...]