November 2009

TSA Targets Snow-Globe Terrorism Threat

As I have argued before, the absence of hijackings since 9/11 is almost certainly not due to the unenhanced security provided by the Transportation Security Administration, which daily protects our nation’s planes from the threat of oversized nail clippers, undeclared…





Jury Finds Florida Man Was Not “Too Fat to Kill”

Edward Ates "looked down and shook his head in court" as he listened to the jury's verdict against him on November 6.  As he did, his ponderous jowls wobbled slowly from side to side.  Or, at least, ponderous and wobbly jowls would…


Chicago Courts Rejecting Evidence Gathered by Laser

The Chicago Tribune reports that judges in Cook County, Illinois, have been dismissing speeding tickets issued to drivers whose speed was measured with laser guns rather than boring old radar.  The traffic court has taken the position that evidence gathered…



Korean Woman Passes Driver’s Test on 950th Try

It seems like only yesterday that Cha Sa-soon was failing her 775th written driver's test, but in fact it was February.  Cha, a 68-year-old grandmother from South Korea, had been taking the test every two days or so starting sometime…