Lord, Protect Us From the People Supposed to Be Protecting Us

I can’t say with any certainty that I’m the first blogger to ever quote both Radley Balko and David Neiwert in the same post, but I bet I’m one of only a few.
So, here we go.
From Balko, we learn that, in Chicago, cops more often fuck prostitutes in exchange for not arresting them than they [...]

Lazy Sunday Morning

World, I ask you this.  Is there any more surprisingly pleasant feeling in the whole world than when a dog settles herself under you and rests her head across your feet, so that your toes are draped in the warm, soft folds of dog neck?
Here’s my small sadness for today.  I spent all yesterday afternoon [...]

It May Be Better If I’m Sedated Before I Read Stories Like This

I read this over at Sylvia’s and I felt a kind of metaphysical dizziness, like my mind was still going no, no, no, while my heart was breaking.
I have to talk about it like this:  To me, I think your best friends are the ones who can hold for you the idea of the best [...]