
Congress Goes Soft on Crime in Response to Ferguson
One of the oddest spectacles of recent years has been the political class’s utter befuddlement as to the decline in crime over recent decades.

One of the oddest spectacles of recent years has been the political class’s utter befuddlement as to the decline in crime over recent decades.

Canada’s most widely read newspaper, The Toronto Star, is lamenting the lack of racial crime statistics aggregated by various levels of government. Over two decades ago, the newspaper was instrumental in facilitating outrage from the left over a revelation that police in Toronto were collecting statistics about race and crime.

Cannabis users in Durham, northern England, will be free to grow it for their own consumption after the local police force said they will no longer actively target people who take the drug. The Times reports that Ron Hogg, police

On Monday, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Civil Service listed on its website eight new job openings for the position of executioner. The job responsibilities will likely include beheadings and amputations–two of the most prominent punishments for violations, including drug smuggling, arms dealing, murder, and rape.