Monthly Archives: September 2024
How Much Freedom Do You Get When You Are Out on Bail?
Things can easily go from bad to worse at a traffic stop. One minute you are taking in the familiar comforts of South Florida road rage, and the next minute, a police officer has pulled you over and is making all kinds of excuses that innocent things in your car or in your past… Read More »
Traffic Stop Do’s and Don’ts
Most people are at their worst when they are inside motor vehicles. You probably know someone whose vocabulary goes from church lady to shock jock the minute she backs out of her driveway. Even the most mild-mannered people become rage monsters or nervous wrecks when faced with South Florida traffic. It provokes almost everyone’s… Read More »
Extradition Treaties
If you went to elementary school in South Florida, sing along. “Miss Lucy had a baby. She named him Tiny Tim. She put him in the bathtub to see if he could swim.” Keep singing until you get to the part about “the lady with the alligator purse.” You have never seen an alligator… Read More »
Twins and Forensic Science
Prolific authors of formula fiction, sometimes euphemistically known as genre fiction, always eventually run out of ideas. Once an author publishes more than about 50 novels, you often find that the plots become increasingly far-fetched, or that they seem like rehashes of novels that the same author wrote decades earlier. An author under pressure… Read More »
