Franklin Zimring quoted in Beyond Chron, Dec. 14, 2015
Zimring wrote in response to the Woods shooting, “There was never any attack with a knife that killed an officer unless he was alone with his attacker, and there was never a fatal attack when the officer and the attacker were any distance apart. Based on these statistics, the death risk to the officers in the Woods encounter was zero.”
Ian Haney López interviewed by The Washington Post, Dec. 11, 2015
“These sorts of terms make Trump seem as if he’s this exceptional unique outlier, that he’s doing something that nobody else has done,” said Haney-López. “Clearly, in some ways he’s different from other politicians, but in his strategic decision to pursue support, to mobilize support by appealing to people’s racial fears, he’s well within the tradition that has been established in the Republican Party since roughly 1963.”
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, Dec. 9, 2015
Yahoo remains stuck in the deal cycle, putting off what looks like an inevitable sale for another year. Still, a year gives its chief executive, Marissa Mayer, another chance to increase a price tag on the once-great Internet company.
Franklin Zimring writes for San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 9, 2015
There are a lot of kitchen knives in England and Wales (population 56 million), yet the police have shot to death only one citizen from 2012 through 2014. If it is unnecessary to kill in Manchester or Liverpool, then why is it necessary to shoot in the Bayview?
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, Dec. 8, 2015
As an asset class and with the right fund, private equity is nigh unbeatable, well worth the fees paid.
Kate Weisburd and Stephanie Campos-Bui interviewed by Daily Journal, Dec. 8, 2015
Campos-Bui said that in many counties, the publicly available information on collections, waivers, and fee structures is “often a little muddy… There’s a lot of confusion, a lot of information not being collected; it’s a whole mess.”
“It’s high pain for low gain,” Weisburd said. “We’re questioning whether this is an effective policy – these fees directly undermine family stability in a time when it’s needed most.”
Jennifer Granholm writes for San Jose Mercury News, Dec. 8, 2015
The GOP is having a “does not compute” moment. Unable to state the obvious—that terrorists with guns are dangerous—Republican leaders must fire off nonsensical talking points in an infinite loop of illogic. The results would be comical if the consequences weren’t so tragic.
Leti Volpp interviewed by Yahoo!, Dec. 8, 2015
Leti Volpp … agreed that there is no way that categorically barring Muslims from entering the country could be legal. … “Citizens have a right to enter the country of their citizenship. In terms of noncitizens, while the political branches are given some deference in crafting exclusion laws, that deference is not absolute, and this would violate the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection, not to mention the guarantee of freedom of religion.”
Melissa Murray interviewed by Tavis Smiley, PBS, Dec. 7, 2015
“This is a constitution written in 1787 where the right to bear arms means something quite different than what it means today. … So I think that’s the question: Do we hew to this old view of the right and the context in which it was first enacted, or is this a situation where we have to take contemporary events into account when we think about what this right might mean in a contemporary society?”
John Yoo interviewed by The Wall Street Journal, Dec. 7, 2015
“The United States cannot discriminate on the basis of religion,” Mr. Yoo said. He added that in the past, the U.S. has discriminated based on country of origin, but that is different from a wholesale religious ban.