Archive for July 3rd, 2009

Drug Violence Or Prohibition Violence?

July 3, 2009

Interesting story in the news this morning:
It’s a drug deal that turned into a robbery that turned into a homicide.
That’s the way Shreveport police Detective Robert Gordon describes an exchange of gunfire about 5:35 p.m. Thursday that left one man dead and another in the City Jail.
Adrian Cook, 21, of the 7200 block of Bernstein [...]

Music At Sporting Events

July 3, 2009

Baseball, specifically, as the Captains game last night brought this to mind.
First, one of the worst, maybe the worst, developments in sports over the last decade is music between innings or as each batter comes to the plate or for any and all other play stoppages. I understand the idea: Get the crowd excited. You [...]