Society at Large

Miss the first one? Go here >>>Institutional racism in the United States is real. Patriotic pride doesn’t negate it. A “colorblind”... Read: Institutional Racism, Part 2

Institutional racism by non-racists no longer requires having open, expressed hatred toward anyone because of the color of their skin. Race* makes a... Read: Institutional Racism by Non-Racists? Part 1

Recently, I’ve been consuming books* about race in the United States. The first of these, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration In The Age Of... Read: Legalized Racial Discrimination and More

Our cherished “Land of the Free” isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.  The term is not reality, even if it is a fantastic aspiration.... Read: Land of The Free? Part 3

The United States of America is NOT the “Land of the Free”.  If that hurts your feelings, I’m with you.  In Part 1, I described in... Read: “Land of the Free?”, Part 2

America is addicted. It is a non-stop compulsion. Lives are ruined by the millions. It marks people for life, if they can manage to escape. The drug?... Read: “Land of The Free”? Part 1

January 6, 2021, Will Live In InfamyThe United States Capitol was attacked by a pro-Trump mob last week and free speech has been implicated in... Read: Free Speech Has Limits

Criminal Law Ramifications Under BidenThis is a free-flow thought piece meant to ponder how some federal criminal law situations may play out in the... Read: Joe Biden and Criminal Law

Where to Start?Meaningful police reform. What does it entail?  There is no single answer, no one-step solution. Problems are long-standing and... Read: Meaningful Police Reform

“Defund the police.” It sounds provocative.  It is.  What it provokes depends upon the person.  I hadn’t heard that term until a... Read: Defund the Police?

In my more than 25 years of practice, I’ve seen nothing comparable to the effect of COVID-19 on the operation of the legal system.  The... Read: Coronavirus Exposing Legal System Shortcomings

On this Independence Day, Big Brother is no longer fiction. Sophisticated, sensitive recording devices surround you virtually everywhere you go.... Read: BIG BROTHER Is Watching at All Times

Today is January 1 of a new year.  It’s important to remember personal and societal progress are not inevitable. Change, whether slow or... Read: We Need Personal and Societal Reform

Bring ’em to Justice!Americans want criminals brought to justice for their crimes.  Few people consider who polices the police.  Cop,... Read: Criminal Accountability

CCPD Officer Arrested AGAIN for AssaultUPDATE: The now former CCPD officer was sentenced to 10 years in prison for continuous family violence and... Read: Police Accountability in Corpus Christi

CCPD IS USING BODY CAMERAS, BUT THEY NEED MOREAccording to a report on KRIS-TV, approximately 1/3 of Corpus Christi Police Department uniformed... Read: Body Cameras Key to Improving Police-Public Relations

I am eyeballs deep in Dallas Cowboy country, and Sunday was an angry day for many, maybe almost all, Cowboy fans.  You see, the Cowboys lost a... Read: “Us Versus Them” attitudes undermine “Us”

A few months ago, I was at Corpus Christi’s City Hall to find some information.  As I walked in, I must have looked lost because a man... Read: How much difference can Floyd Simpson make to Corpus Christi?

Shocking and tragic news of Darren Goforth, a Texas deputy sheriff in uniform who was murdered in cold blood while pumping gas into his patrol car,... Read: “Open Warfare” Against Police? No

Words matter. Terms matter. The recent mass murder in a South Carolina church had racial implications, and some people consider the killer a... Read: Terrorist or Criminal? What we call people matters.