Outside the Beltway

What Miranda does and does not cover and what consequences follow if police do not comply.

An American city was essentially shut down today. Was that the right thing to do?

We treat violence by lone individuals differently than organized violence. Race, religion, and national origin have nothing to do with that.

A mix of media and abortion politics.

Calvin Watkins considers “The sad case of Sam Hurd,” a former wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys and Chicago Bears.

David Ranta spent 23 years in jail because of lying witnesses and corrupt police.

George Will declares solitary confinement tantamount to torture.

You can go to jail for running afoul of laws you had no way of knowing existed.

Plus some thoughts on prohibitionist policies (because sometimes a Quick Pick grows in the making).

Based on the polls, the odds of some changes to America’s gun control laws will become law. It’s unlikely they’ll accomplish anything, though.

Did NBC’s David Gregory violate D.C. law on Sunday?

Sharing some thoughts and soliciting feedback on what the 2nd amendment means.

Stony Brook finance prof Noah Smith writes, “The Single Best Anti-Gun-Death Policy? Ending the Drug War.”

Obsessive media coverage makes us believe mass shootings are far more common than they actually are.

Is it good to live in a world where news of a massacre can travel around the world in an instant?

Almost a decade ago, Roger Ebert wondered if making mass murderers famous doesn’t provide a perverse incentive.

Apparent tragedy at a Connecticut Elementary School.

George Zimmerman’s attorneys have filed a defamation lawsuit against NBC News.