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As even the people most reflexively supportive of the police react with shock at the grand jury decision to exonerate the police officer who strangled New York City’s Eric Garner, I have yet to hear anyone express the obvious: Garner was accused of selling cigarettes to homeless people without paying city tax. You read it …
If you’re a policymaker in the modern world, you’re required to make frequent decisions on complex problems “outside your primary area of expertise”. And to do so, you must consult with experts in that field, do some extra homework and come to a reasonable position. What if policymakers said they couldn’t take action to maintain …
The British Justice Secretary, Chris Grayling, has drawn attention to new tougher sentencing for people found guilty of posting threatening messages online. “We must send out a clear message,” he said. “If you troll, you risk being behind bars for two years”. But what he didn’t say was that the police would only go after …
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Has anyone else noticed that the passive-aggressive stance companies take if you complain about anything? Within a few days I had to complain about the accounts department of my gym (they are clueless) , about early delivery of goods from a supplier of fruit (I was away when it was delivered; they knew I was), …
A reader has asked the following question, which was provoked by my post yesterday about telling the truth: “Was there any point in your life when you told people what they wanted to hear instead of what it was really like? And if so, do you now regret it?” There are two aspects to this …
