Crime Statistics: Australia vs the US
Australians are more likely to be victims of violent crime than Americans: much more, in fact.
Crime
Face of the Day
The doctor was quick to put puzzle pieces together, knowing three patients were being treated for suspected poisoning.
The Public School Shell Game Dwarfs the Phantom Day Cares
Adults siphon off taxpayer money earmarked for kids, and no one is held accountable. Teachers’ unions share the same dysfunctional incentives as headline-grabbing fraudsters in Minnesota.
Castle Law – Protecting What’s Yours
It remains to be seen whether recently announced toughening of laws in Victoria will make any difference to crime, but the root cause of many of these problems is tobacco policy.
Yet Another Luvvy Outed as a Predator
Establishment favourite author charged with child sex offences.
This Must Be the Year of Accountability
At what point do the people in charge get to find out that no one is above the law?
He Found the Octopus
They killed the journalist who connected it all. Now we live in the world he warned us about.
The Ministry of Don’t Ask, Won’t Tell
The state can either measure the relationship properly, or it can keep pretending that refusing to measure it is ‘responsible’. One of those choices builds trust. The other builds resentment. And resentment, unlike spreadsheets, does not stay missing for long.
Privacy for the Powerful, Surveillance for the Rest
Protecting kids is a weak pretext for total digital surveillance. What’s worse, the EU’s monitoring exempted its own politicians from scrutiny. Their privacy matters, but not yours.
Some Deaths Are More Equal than Others
The fraudulent narrative of ‘black deaths in custody’.
When Are They Going to Be Held Accountable?
These outrages are the consequences of an unaccountable class running the system.
Out of Sight: Following the Money Trail
Despite the big outlays of money, it seems no group of officials kept tabs on the minors.