Syndicated Columns
What Would You Do as a Witness to Crime?
An infamous psychopathic serial killer died a couple of months ago in prison at the age of 81. You likely don’t recognize the name Winston Moseley but you might very well have heard about the last murder he committed. In March 1964, Moseley hunted down, repeatedly stabbed, raped and killed a young New York woman…
Read MoreThe Great Bathroom Debate – What Are We So Afraid Of?
This too shall pass from the headlines in time, but while the issue of who-can-legally-use-what-public-bathroom is still red hot here are some thoughts. We are a nation of almost 320 million people. Statistics are not plentiful. There are no national figures kept but it’s estimated the number of transgendered Americans is about 700,000 or 0.3%…
Read MoreFailure to Act on Immigration Reform Puts Us in Danger
Decisions always have a consequence. That’s what I told my daughter as she was growing up. Make a decision to do something but, realize, you must then live with the consequences. I’m left wondering if Washington politicians had mothers who taught them the same lesson. The consequence of Washington’s long-term failure to fix our fractured…
Read MoreAG Loretta Lynch Must Recuse Herself on Clinton Case
A federal prosecutor friend wrote me recently and attached a news article with the headline, “Decision Time for FBI on Clinton.” “Why does the media say stuff like this?” he asked. “The FBI has no say in this or any investigation.” And he went on to muse about how reporters just don’t seem to understand…
Read MorePlundering Grandma’s Estate Via Court Ordered Guardianships
Note: This is the last of three columns on this topic… Would you hire someone to manage your personal affairs and finances who charged $50,599.18 in just three months? What if they charged $1560.00 to make two phone calls to your son to discuss, “Dates for (a) Christmas” visit with you. Or if you got…
Read MoreJudicial Compassion Can Save a Life
The former Special Forces Sergeant stood before the Veteran’s Treatment Court judge – as he had every two weeks since being charged with driving under the influence a year earlier — and admitted he had lied. His urinalysis test had come back positive but Sergeant Joe Serna had originally denied it. Serna had been fighting…
Read MoreThe Nationwide Problem of Court-Sponsored Elder Abuse
I had no idea the enormity of the nation’s elder guardianship problem…This is the second of three columns on this topic. I recently wrote about the plight of 94-year-old Betty Winstanley, who resides at the Masonic Village retirement home in Elizabethtown, PA. She doesn’t want to live there anymore. Now that her husband of 72…
Read MoreThe Hastert Case: Unequally Applied Justice Is No Justice At All
Later this month one of the most powerful men ever to have served in the U.S. House of Representatives will face a federal judge to learn his fate. Dennis Hastert has pleaded guilty to evading U.S. banking laws, illegally structuring payouts to conceal other crimes and lying to the FBI. But that’s only a small…
Read MoreRape Matters – Catching Rapists Does Too
So get this. Top justice officials have figured out a way to make the bad guys finance programs that help solve crimes. It’s such a unique solution to a long standing problem that I just have to share. The District Attorney’s office in Manhattan – a jurisdiction that includes one of the preeminent financial centers…
Read MoreIs Football Worth Damaging the Brain?
It was the admission that made every parent of every kid who wants to play football gasp. The question from Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky was simple. “Do you think there is a link between football and degenerative brain disorders like CTE?”
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