The Kilpatrick countdown begins

The Motor City presents the scandal du jour.

A geography of murder

One of this week’s murders has a geographical connection to another from years ago. And that’s not all.

Martha Stewart laughs out loud

Ethical reformer NY guv connected to prostitution ring. No, really.

The more things change

The law and order beat goes on, stylistically speaking, at the P-D.

The Kirkwood shootings

Offline and away from the news last night, I was completely unaware of the shooting rampage that took place just nine miles away at Kirkwood City Hall last night. Seven people shot by one agitated gunman, five of them killed - two police officers, three city officials. The mayor and a Suburban Journals reporter were [...]

Nancy Miller, RIP

I have been busy most of the day, and so have been unable until now to remark on the murder of former Post-Dispatch Lifestyle editor Nancy Miller. An update at the paper’s website indicates that a suspect has been arrested; I imagine tomorrow’s paper will provide more details.
I told my wife about Miller’s death [...]

If CNN thought Angie Tucker mattered…

…then you might expect to see a story like this:

But CNN doesn’t.
So you don’t.
(”CNN” text from actual Tulsa World article by Nicole Marshall. Thanks to Shark-fu for her post “Black and Missing…” at Shakesville.)

Standoff

So M and I are motoring along our street, heading for home after work. As we approach our drive, we note that the street is barricaded two blocks away by a police cruiser and a couple of orange cones. A car that tries to pass is redirected by an officer.
“What’s going on up there?” wonders [...]

And like that - he’s gone

For those of you keeping score at home: that’s two “I will resigns” and one “I won’t resign” from Idaho’s soon-to-be-ex senator, Larry “Wide Stance” Craig. Barring yet another reversal, looks like he’s out. Guess whatever support that he thought he had turned out to be illusory.
I have to say, I’m a little disappointed. I [...]

Larry Craig just won’t go away

For many years, once-senator and erstwhile presidential hopeful Gary Hart has been - in my view, at least - the exemplar of thoroughly unsound personal judgment by a politician. Yes, Hart has a lot of notable competition for the position, but can anything really compare with a public challenge to a hostile and suspicious press [...]