by Ty Davison | May 29, 2026 | News & Commentary
Why Did the Murders Stop in Baltimore?: The city had the standard problem: About 61 “gangs” accounted for just 1 percent of Boston’s young people but 60 percent of the homicides. Armed with this knowledge, Braga and Harvard Kennedy School colleagues David Kennedy and...
by Ty Davison | May 24, 2026 | News & Commentary
Oral arguments are taking forever. Supreme Court justices have had enough | CNN Politics: Quiet grumbling for years over how the court conducts its oral argument sessions has increasingly slipped into public view during a series of appearances by some of the justices....
by Ty Davison | May 17, 2026 | News & Commentary
For a Boise family of medical providers, Idaho criminal trans bathroom ban was the last straw • Oregon Capital Chronicle: The Devitts have seen the Idaho Legislature and the governor approve a wave of anti-LGBTQ+ bills in recent years. I don’t follow Idaho politics,...
by Ty Davison | Jan 29, 2026 | News & Commentary
Football referee forced to leave Alabama for Mexico as Trump immigration crackdown continues – oregonlive.com: Alfonso “Fonzie” Andrade spent nearly all of his life in Blount County, a rolling, rural patch north of Birmingham, Ala. He said he only learned he...
by Ty Davison | Jan 12, 2026 | News & Commentary
Another wackadoodle, incredibly biased media piece from CNN. This is the norm from them on this issue. Since the Supreme Court protected transgender people from discrimination, ‘The backlash has been brutal’ | CNN Politics: When the Supreme Court, led by Justice Neil...