Lord hear me. Lord hear me. – Christian Glass, last words
Shel Silverstein is best known by some for Where the Sidewalk Ends and other books of poetry for children; he’s best remembered by others for his songs, including “A Boy Named Sue”, “The Unicorn”, and “The Cover of the Rolling Stone” (a personal favorite of mine). But he also wrote and recorded poems with musical accompaniment, of which this is certainly the most memorable. The links above it were provided by Mark Bennett, Franklin Harris, Scott Greenfield, Radley Balko, Mike Siegel, Cop Crisis, and Greg Lukianoff, in that order.
- Scarry but true.
- R.I.P. Henry Silva.
- I hate it when this happens.
- No, your reason isn’t an exception.
- Don’t any archeologists watch horror movies?
- Another cop demonstrating exactly what he is.
- There was an episode of Mission: Impossible with a similar plot.
From the Archives
- Trumpists are completely taking control of the “sex trafficking” narrative.
- Non-wealthy victims of this illegal surveillance still had their lives ruined.
- I’ll be so glad when the current incarnation of the Cult of the Child ends.
- Think I’ll comply with the European “right to be forgotten”? Think again.
- Even prohibitionists like Holmes can tell which way the wind is blowing.
- A retrospective of my columns for Autumn 2010 and September 2011.
- When the topic is sex, Philippine reporters can’t write like sane adults.
- Oh noes, they contaminated public places with their eeeevul sex rays!
- The Church should define ways for priests to meet their sexual needs.
- It’s good to see psychologists debunking hysteria over “pedophilia”.
- Worst of all, Western governments are looking at this as a model.
- A report by Hacking/Hustling on shadowbans and similar policies.
- Americans pretend “politician hires whores” is other than a yawn.
- I’ll be optimistic when she clearly repudiates the Swedish model.
- British screws also love yelling “Stop faking!” at caged people.
- Don’t try to imagine this in the US; you’ll overload your brain.
- Why do massage parlors bring puritans out of the woodwork?
- Elizabeth Nolan Brown on the Blocked and Reported podcast.
- Cops, prohibition, Mac Davis, Helen Reddy, and much more.
- Looks like Michael Hobbes has joined the debunkers’ club.
- Censorship has now become almost universally popular.
- Cops, Jessye Norman, rubber chickens and much more.
- In true horror cinema, there is little to no “explanation”.
- Can you imagine this happening in the puritanical US?
- “They just keep using us while efusing to support us.“
- Prohibitionism is an inherently violent belief system.
- A natural 21st-century development for the brand.
- Thai sex worker activists are made of awesome.
- A reception for The War on Whores at Reason.
- It’s always nice when they feed on each other.
- At long last, we have an operational hot tub!
- Politicians’ potty obsession has gone federal.
- Censorship has once again become popular.
- Cops, Redwall, Star Wars, and much more.
- Concentrating my appointments together.
- The Indian high court’s ruling in action.
- “The police are the true sex predators.“
- Rethinking the floor-leveling project.
- Switching to our new power system.
- They should’ve done this years ago.
- A prosecutor is just a kind of cop.
- The “security” system that isn’t.
- Rapist cops of the week.
