Terry Stops and Three Strikes Laws-(Pt 3, Broken Windows Policing)

This article is the third in a series about policing and public safety policy. Today, we’ll talk about “Broken Windows Policing.” Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is widely and properly credited with cleaning up the mess his predecessor, David Dinkins left him. Giuliani in turn, credits Broken Windows Policing for his success. The …

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Terry Stops and 3 Strikes Laws-Time to Revisit Both (Pt 1)

Some time back, I remember listening to the David Webb Show** and he had on a retired NYPD Police Captain. His guest was pretty brutal in his assessment of the then Mayor of Gotham. His view was pretty close to mine, although not quite as salty. His words did however, provide the start point for …

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The Engineered Collapse of Free Speech: 25 Years of the Overton Window, Part II

The Engineered Collapse of Free Speech: 25 Years of the Overton Window, is a 3-part series where Dave Cloft examines free speech issues within the Overton Windo paradigm. Today, Part 2, 2001-2025: A Quarter Century of Engineered Shifts

The Symbolism of 9/11, Part 1: The Long Arc of a Nation’s Fall

From a purely tactical standpoint, the September 11th attacks were devastating. But from a psychological warfare perspective, they were almost surgical in their symbolism. Striking America’s tallest towers and its military headquarters was not just about destruction—it was about message.

Big Gov Advocates Lobby the Wrong People – and Censor Everyone Else

The Only Way Big Gov Advocates Know It’s always hilarious watching Big Government advocates selectively whine about access to this or that government process. Because they almost always do it exactly backwards. To wit: This just happened: “(T)he (Donald Trump Administration’s) General Services Administration (GSA) quietly removed a tool from Regulations.gov that allows advocacy groups …

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The State Department. It Needs Reform…Badly.

  Marco Rubio is working to make the State Department bureaucracy focused on serving American interests, not staffers looking at their DEI assignment/promotion. Sheriff murdered. Innocent women and children blown to bits! We’ve got to protect our phony-baloney jobs. We must do something about this immediately, immediately, immediately! Governor William J. Lepetomane (Mel Brooks), Blazzing …

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