Wrong, with vengeance

My friend Eugene Volokh writes sensibly about nearly every other topic in the world, but yesterday revealed an inexplicable blind spot (Mar. 16) on some basic issues of crime and punishment. John Cole, Jonathan Wilde, Road to Surfdom, and Maimon Schwarzschild, among others, endeavor to set him straight (more trackbacks). Also see Jeff Jacoby, “Where’s […]

My friend Eugene Volokh writes sensibly about nearly every other topic in the world, but yesterday revealed an inexplicable blind spot (Mar. 16) on some basic issues of crime and punishment. John Cole, Jonathan Wilde, Road to Surfdom, and Maimon Schwarzschild, among others, endeavor to set him straight (more trackbacks). Also see Jeff Jacoby, “Where’s the outrage on torture?”, Boston Globe, Mar. 15. More: he now says he’s been persuaded to change his view by Mark Kleiman’s post here, and Kleiman comments in turn.

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  • so-called credentials, justice, haiku, etc.

    potluck (so-called)