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John Oliver Eviscerates US Prison System

Posted on 07/21/2014 by Cliff Satell
John Oliver Destroys US Prison System

 
"At least sesame street is actually talking about prison; the rest of us are much happier completely ignoring it.  Perhaps because it's so easy not to care about prisoners.  They are by definition

Legal, Politics, Social criminal justice, inmates, John Oliver, prisoners, prisons, reform, senate
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Marijuana Does Not Kill Mexican Kids

Posted on 05/01/2014 by Cliff Satell
Marijuana activist for medical marijuana

NOTE: I recently came across an old editorial I wrote while still at Duke that was published in the Duke Chronicle. I was responding to a columnists argument against marijuana use. While that alone would

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Worth Rewatching: Martin Luther King Had a Dream

Posted on 08/29/2013 by Cliff Satell
Martin Luther King I Have A Dream

On the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, it's an especially good time to take a few minutes and rewatch Martin Luther King's most famous speech.  One of the truly great orators of history,

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Student Arrest, Jailed for Facebook Joke

Posted on 08/15/2013 by Cliff Satell
Student Arrested Facebook Joke

In the latest reminder of how the US Justice System is too infrequently motivated by common sense, a Georgia student has spent the past six months in jail awaiting trial on charges he made a threat to

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Michael Smerconish Makes Stupid Point

Posted on 08/15/2012 by Cliff Satell
Michael Smerconish and Chris Matthews Speak

Just came across this surprising column by Michael Smerconish, who is an EA parent and someone I once looked up to as a responsible, thoughtful voice in a cacophony of sensationalism. But then he endorsed

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Farewell David Akers

Posted on 07/30/2011 by Cliff Satell
David Akers kicks field goal

Last night I saw the scroll on ESPN that kicker David Akers signed a multi-year deal with the 49ers.  I know he’s getting old, had an inconsistent season last year, and muffed two very crucial playoff

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Recent Posts

  • Ferguson Police Officer Wilson Not Indicted, Four Constructive Lessons
  • John Oliver Eviscerates US Prison System
  • Finally Joined Pinterest
  • Marijuana Does Not Kill Mexican Kids
  • Ted Talk – Find the Why

Selected Essays

  • • Performance Enhancers in Sports & Society
  • • Who Invented Baseball?
  • • Problems & Consequences of Moral Luck
  • • Exit polls & early calls in Presidential Elections
  • • The Reagan Revolution
  • • Slave Resistance in the Last Great Hope
  • • Harry Truman & the Origins of Containment

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