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Part 2 of my series on Race, Crime, and Policing By William K. BlackJuly 31, 2016     Bloomington, MN My introductory column in this series laid out the blood libels against police, policing, blacks, and whites that are doing so much harm to America.  This second installment provides a brief historical overview necessary to begin the discussion about the blood libels against Black Lives Matter, law enforcement officers (LEOs) and whites as a racial group.  I repeat my warning from my...

By William K. BlackJuly 28, 2016     Kansas City, MO The best way to lose friends and be vilified in America is to talk frankly about race, racism, violent crime, politics, gender, Black Lives Matter (BLM) and prosecuting police officers.  I am writing a series of articles on these subjects.  In the course of this series I employ my “hats” as criminologist and a professor who teaches economics, law, and regulation plus my spousal hat where I draw on my wife and her co-author’s work on...

NEP’s Bill Black appears on the The Real News with Sarmini Peries discussing Boris Johnson. Johnson’s demonization of the EU and virtually all of its leaders in his role as an alleged journalist makes him the worst conceivable person to put in a top diplomatic post. Video below. Transcript available here. [embedded content] Share this:

By William K. BlackJuly 5, 2016     Bloomington, MN NYT Editorial Decrying BREXIT – Part 7 The NYT editorialized against the BREXIT vote, just in case the six columns it printed attacking the vote might not make it clear where the editorial board stood.  The editorial explained what it saw as the basis for the vote. It was a cry of anger and frustration from more than half the country against those who wield power, wealth and privilege, both in their own government and in Brussels, and...

By William K. BlackJuly 5, 2016     Bloomington, MN The sixth column that the New York Time published on the same date condemning the vote in favor of BREXIT can be dealt with briefly.  It too attacked the legitimacy of democracy, which it presented as a threat to “representative government.” Steven Erlanger – Part 6 Steven Erlanger quoted with apparent approval this revealing quotation in his column condemning BREXIT. Bronwen Maddox, former editor of Prospect Magazine and the new director...

By William K. BlackJuly 5, 2016     Bloomington, MN Jim Yardley – Part 5 Jim Yardley wrote a column entitled “Populist Anger Upends Politics on Both Sides of the Atlantic.”  Yes, anyone in the UK who supported BREXIT is just like an American supporter of Donald Trump because they are angry.  Indeed, it’s “the same” as every non-establishment politician and political supporter throughout Europe and the U.S. The same yawning gap between the elite and mass opinion is fueling a populist...

By William K. BlackJuly 4, 2016     Bloomington, MN The New York Times published a book review entitled “Thin Blue Lines.”  The two books reviewed were about street crimes.  Based solely on reading the NYT book review, and wearing my criminology hat, neither book adds materially to the useful literature.  The two books, and the book review, however, share a common characteristic that is worth analysis.  All three conflate “street crime” with “crime” and “police” with “law enforcement.”  The...

By William K. BlackJuly 4, 2016     Bloomington, MN This is the fourth column in my seven-part series discussing the seven-barrel shotgun blast of articles that the New York Times published attacking the vote by those who favored BREXIT.  This column addresses Paul Krugman column on BREXIT. Paul Krugman [Part 4] Paul Krugman also wrote an attack on “populist[s].” It seems clear that the European project – the whole effort to promote peace and growing political union through economic...

By William K. BlackJune 28, 2016     Kansas City, MO Andrew Ross Sorkin is back, so unintentional self-parody is again the order of the day.  Wall Street’s sycophant-in-chief, introduces his column with a 98 m.p.h. fastball aimed at the reader’s chin. This isn’t meant to scare you, but let’s consider the absolute worst-case scenarios of “Brexit.” Sorkin’s column then presents his specific example of his absolute worst-case scenario.  See if you can spot what is missing from that scenario....

By William K. BlackJune 24, 2016     Kansas City, MO Tony Blair Tony Blair disgraced his office as Prime Minister and continues to disgrace it as lobbyist for murderous kleptocrats.  Blair’s column claims personal credit for a series of supposed triumph, blames the BREXIT vote on the Tories, and throws Jeremy Corbin, his successor as Labour Party leader, under the bus.  The title of Blair’s article refers to the democratic vote in favor of BREXIT as a “coup,” which helps explain why he...