Author: Joel Levin

A Republican Attorney General

Attorney General WIlliam Barr finally testified before Congress this week, as he had previously refused to comply with his lawful duty to provide Congress with the opportunity to conduct oversight and, since July 2019, has been in contempt of the House for that conduct.

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The Police and the Community: Who Are We and Who are They?

By the time I got the call from Carlton‘s father, he had not been breathing for several years. Arrested and awaiting trial, Carlton had, according to the County Coroner, suffered injuries from an epileptic fit, one supposedly well documented in the medical records.

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The Rule of Law

In the heated arguments about Attorney General Barr’s intervention seeking the dismissal of all charges against Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, the former National Security Advisor convicted of repeatedly lying to the F.B.I. about conversations with the Russian Ambassador – and Barr’s intervention in other matters

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Fox Holes and Pandemics

The COVID-19 pandemic challenges the normal divisions of politics and economics, that is, the way we look at what governments should do with our money and its own money. Normally that problem pits market-based endeavors against government-based endeavors. But this is not a normal time. Now everyone wants more government intervention.

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