From 1958 to 1962 I attended Marist College, a Catholic military boys high school in Atlanta. Every year our cadet “battle group” would march in the Armistice Day parade. In those days, the Atlanta public high schools had Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps programs whose participants would also march. The public school JROTC uniforms consisted of World War II vintage Eisenhower jackets and matching dark brown trousers. In contrast, our dress uniforms were comprised of blue-grey tunics and white “duck” pants. In short, we looked different and were easily identifiable as the boys who went to Catholic school. In those...
Thursday my wife and I attended The American Spectator‘s annual banquet at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. The guest of honor was Wall Street Journal opinion writer Kimberley Strassel. I was fortunate to be seated next to her during the festivities. In addition to being a brilliant and insightful columnist, she is very friendly, enthusiastic, sweet-natured and down-to-earth. She was born and raised in a small Oregon logging community, graduated from Princeton and has had a hugely successful career at the WSJ. When I introduced myself to Kimberley, I said that I write for The American Spectator. She...
This morning I was interviewed on Chicago’s AM 560 WIND regarding the strange death of Jeffrey Epstein. Amy Jacobson and Dan Proft, hosts of the Morning Answer, played the hot mike audio of ABC News Anchor Amy Robach complaining about how, for three years, her network spiked her scoop about sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of young women. They then cut to me for my analysis of the circumstances surrounding Epstein’s death. Here’s the link to a YouTube video of the show. My remarks were basically a rehash of my recent post The Epstein Autopsy- the Plot Thickens with a...
Dr. Michael Baden, the noted forensic pathologist and former Chief Medical Examiner for New York City, recently appeared on Fox and Friends to discuss the death of alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. At the request of the decedent’s brother, Baden observed Epstein’s autopsy and is investigating the circumstances under which the accused died while in federal custody at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan. As both a prosecutor and private practitioner I have worked death cases with Dr. Baden and found his extensive knowledge, professional experience and outstanding analytical abilities to be invaluable. And, while I have worked with other...
Here in Philadelphia, we have a progressive District Attorney whose election was all but guaranteed by campaign funding in excess of $1,000,000 provided by George Soros. Today the Philadelphia Inquirer published my article regarding the D.A.’s poor treatment of crime victims and their families and the need to amend Pennsylvania’s constitution to incorporate Marsy’s Law, which is essentially a bill of rights for those harmed by crime. The article will be featured in the Inky’s Sunday print edition. Soros is now funding a D.A. candidate in the Philadelphia suburbs just as he has helped elect other progressive prosecutors throughout the...
My post Tap Dancing Through the Ukrainian Minefield has been retitled and published by my friends at The American Spectator. Since the editors at TAS were able to clean up the piece – including removing the goofy formatting of the astonishing ZeroHedge article – I have substituted the far cleaner TAS article for yesterday’s post. As always, I want to thank the TAS’ editors for their help and consideration. Here’s the article An Impeachment Defense: It Most Justifiably Means Going on Offense | The American Spectator Legats. That’s FBI shorthand for its agents who serve as legal attachés in U.S. embassies...
As you may know, Larry Krasner is a social justice warrior who was elected Philadelphia District Attorney with a hefty $1,000,000 campaign contribution from George Soros. It has been reported that, in private practice, Krasner sued the Philadelphia Police Department over 75 times for civil rights violations. Krasner’s conduct in office so far seems to substantiate that claim. Regarding his role as Philly’s top prosecutor, Krasner has proudly described himself as “a public defender with power.” In previous posts, I have criticized Krasner’s handling of Mumia Abu-Jamal’s never-ending appeal of his 1982 conviction for the murder of Philadelphia Police Officer...
My parents had a good friend who flew 50 missions as a tail gunner on a B-24 Liberator in World War II. I recall him on occasion discussing with my father, another World War II Air Force veteran, his time in service. Early in the war, his group flew bombing missions out of Libya. As he described it, take-offs in Libya were highly dangerous since the big, lumbering B-24s too often failed to become airborne in the hot, thin desert air. Fully loaded with fuel and bombs, they would crash, explode and burn, instantly killing all on board. Flight operations...
So much for my 15 minutes of fame. Due to “breaking news”, my appearance on tonight’s edition of The Evening Edit with host Elizabeth MacDonald is being moved to a date to be announced. Ah, well, that’s show business. If the interview is rescheduled, I will let you know. Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new...
A better-edited version of yesterday’s post The CrowdStrike Panic was published today by my friends at The American Spectator and linked to on Real Clear Politics. Judging by the amount of reader mail and comment, it seems to have stirred up quite a bit of controversy. A few minutes ago I was asked by a producer for the Fox Business Network to appear on The Evening Edit at 6:00 P.M. with host Elizabeth MacDonald. Of course I accepted the invitation and will be appearing via Skype from KIG’s home office. Hope you can tune in and join in the fun. Share...
In his telephone conversation with Ukrainian leader Volodmyr Zelensky, President Trump requested Ukraine’s help in getting “to the bottom of” the Russian collusion narrative and the role of CrowdStrike, a private computer security company, in propagating that story. Lost in the volcanic eruption of faux outrage and condemnation aimed at the President by the Democrats and their wholly-owned media subsidiary, this reference to CrowdStrike indicates that the Justice Department’s investigation of the counterintelligence operation against candidate and President-elect Trump may be hot on the trail of exposing what could well be a seminal lie that the Democratic National Committee’s computer...
Kevin Ferris, my friend and former editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer, and a cadre of other intelligent and energetic people have founded Broad + Liberty, an independent source of news and opinion for Philadelphia and the nation. This is a bold and audacious undertaking intended to offer an alternative to the mind-numbingly monotone political and social commentary purveyed by the legacy media. Here, taken from Broad + Liberty‘s website, are the biographies of this intrepid band: Albert Eisenberg is a rising conservative star in digital media and political communications who has been published in multiple national media outlets, including Real...
I want to thank all of you who are using KIG’s Amazon ad portal to do your Amazon.com shopping. The sales commissions (a/k/a kickbacks) from Amazon’s Affiliate Program help defray the cost of maintaining this blog. Now, to sweeten the pot, KIG is entering into an experimental relationship pursuant to which it will feature advertising provided by Google. According to Google, once I install its software in KIG’s HTML code, Google will place “appropriate” ads of its choosing on KIG’s site. The ads’ content and placement will be determined by Google. Zombielike, KIG will be along for the ride. Once...
On a hot and humid July 1964 night in Jonesboro, Louisiana, there occurred a series of unheralded but nevertheless pivotal events in the parallel histories of the civil rights movement and the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. These events unfolded during the Freedom Summer conducted by the Congress of Racial Equality which had come to Louisiana and Mississippi to register black voters and to integrate the public schools. Since CORE’s arrival, racial tensions and the threat of violence had been high. In the preceding month, CORE volunteers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney had gone missing and foul...
Not too long ago, I was privileged to represent a former big city police officer who had been charged with raping two young women of questionable virtue. He had met one of them through an online site where, among other things, prostitutes advertised their services. That purported victim had introduced him to her friend who became the second complainant. It was no secret – and the prosecution was well aware – that the two young women were hookers. Nevertheless, despite the fact that my client had retired after being grievously wounded in the line of duty, he was arrested in...