Jake Horowitz

Great explainer, per usual. Using Jeff's data (from sample of states), one can see that 6.8% of cleared murders (and 4% of all murders) are cleared by the death of the offender (under exceptional clearance). This is one way of gauging just how at-risk these individuals are.

From US Attorney Sassoon’s letter to AG Bondi. Sassoon clerked for Scalia.

Rickey Henderson, Baseball’s Flamboyant ‘Man of Steal,’ Dies at 65 Widely regarded as the greatest leadoff hitter in baseball history, he was not just one of the game’s most exciting players but also one of its most eccentric.

“Rickey’s gotta go” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/s...

I believe the phrase you’re looking for is The Art of the Deal

Got some good ones here: x.com/thejakehorow...

2024 likely to go down as having one of the lowest number of crimes per capita in half a century.

U.S. deaths attributable to alcohol (either fully or partially) up 29% to 178,000/year. 117k from chronic causes (incl cirrhosis, heart disease, cancer, etc.) and 61k from acute causes (incl poisoning, accidents, etc.). www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

Struck by this contextual paragraph in WaPo's coverage of the Abundant Life shooting wapo.st/49ERsah

As @johngramlich.bsky.social highlights, this percent reduction is very large by historic/international standards: bsky.app/profile/john...

Three charts shows the correlation between survey respondents' confidence in the job performance of the leadership of the country and their confidence in the courts, during the Obama, Trump, and Biden presidencies. Confidence in courts falls dramatically for both those who do and don't express confidence in nation's leadership during Biden presidency.

New Gallup data shows collapsing confidence in US courts, presumably reflecting increasing R/D agreement that rule of law is under assault news.gallup.com/poll/653897/...

Biz’ verisimilitude unrivaled

A Long-Held Secret is Now Public. Will it Alter Cormac McCarthy’s Legacy? Revelations about a relationship between the author and a woman who was 16 when they met shocked readers, but not scholars of his work. Now there’s a debate about how much she influenced his writing.

If having a sexual relationship with an underaged, abused runaway *doesn’t* alter the legacy of a 42-year old legendary male author, we have issues. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/b...