... also known as psychopaths.

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Sunday, April 7, at Burger King, time came when there were only three custsomers present in the store: me, and this young couple. They had been there for quite some time. He was acting utterly disreputable; that’s the word that comes, and I know no other way to say it. I cannot understand how any female can have such low self-esteem as to associate with the likes of him. I went out for a smoke, having — per standard procedure — put

Society’s worst actors aren’t necessarily beyond redemption. From 1960 forward, America has made great strides becoming more inclusive of formerly marginalized populations, including the “differently abled” and homosexuals. It may be that we can become more inclusive of the most outcast population of all: career criminals, also called psychopaths. Terminology “Sociopath” and “psychopath” mean the same thing. “Anti-social personality disorder” (ASPD) is the same as “psychopa

What does black America gain from flipping the bird at white people?

My bud showed up at the mission with two black eyes and a broken leg. Said he’d been at the wrong place at the wrong time. I said, “Dude, you went there.”

If someone says they’re fleeing crime, believe them.

The neurotransmitter serotonin is very strongly determinative of one's socio-economic status — and ability to stay out of jail.

Ryan Derek Riggs Cops never suspected him in murder, until he confessed after DNA ‘sketch’ It’s astonishing that they can do this. From now on, if you have the DNA, there’s no need for a victim’s or witness’s composite sketch. One wonders what other influences one’s DNA has?

———— ♦ ———— In West Baltimore, open carry is now Baltimore Gets Bloodier As Arrests Drop Post-Freddie Gray “Arrests were already declining before Freddie Gray died …” “Even before Gray’s death, police were making between 25 and 28 percent fewer arrests each month than they made in the same month last year.” “’Before it was over-policing. Now there’s no police,’ said Donnail ‘Dreads’ Lee, 34, who lives in the Gilmor Homes, the public housing complex where Gray, 25, was chased

Psychopaths • Mitt Romney bows out • Atheist chic

He tells the story of an incident where this young drug dealer had set up shop on his front steps, and he was seeking to get the guy to move. He said, “Look, son …” “WHAT'D YOU CALL ME?” the young man snapped. “I said, ‘Son.'” The young man said, “No one ever called me ‘Son,'” and burst into tears.

Two Men Use Girl As Human Shield — Until Her Father Guns Them Down • Less incarceration could lead to less crime • Four Pinocchios for yet another Democrat ‘Mediscare’ ad • Why women love bad boys • Someone’s been sleeping in my bed. • Child immigration crisis • Pray for the honeybees

Some news sites cracking down on over-the-top comments • Obama suggests sense of powerlessness in confronting the world’s evils • Scary people downtown • An angry young man, and divine intervention

Colo. teen heard on 911 call saying he killed girl Jessica Lynn Howell ‘Why is it dark?’ asks blinded Chinese boy Man Accused In Rape Of Toddler Breaks Down Door To Get To Victim: Police Arthur Morgan, III Man gets life for tossing daughter, 2, into creek Lawyer: NJ dad doesn’t deny tossing toddler in creek ‘I hate this life’ – Slain girl’s journals focus of grandmother’s murder trial

The pigeons. Years ago, when I had an office job downtown, I’d wait for the bus every afternoon on the south side of Baltimore Street one or two blocks east of Charles. Often, someone tossed down several handfuls of torn-up bread for the birds to eat, and I’d have time to watch them. For the most part, the pigeons acted just as you’d expect: eating together, share and share alike. But I noticed one individual whose conduct was quite different. This guy never picked up any foo

Dan Rodricks complained that a recent Baltimore City ordinance on panhandling failed to address “the underlying issues.” He has failed to address them either; so, I thought I would. Here are those I personally see: CHECKLIST ✓ TREATMENT ON DEMAND. Drug and alcohol treatment needs to be available on demand. This doesn’t affect me personally, but does affect panhandling — and prostitution, petty theft, shoplifting, smash-and-grabs, larcenies, and in fact all crime of any type.

Steve Hartman’s “On the Road” segment for the CBS Evening News, 11/01/13: Kan. prisoners get the granny treatment Here is a practical example of how brightening the “divine spark” within people can effect redemption or transformation.

(Originally published 06/06/13 at Trojan Horse Productions.) This has been a very heavy day, and there’s a lot here. For the moment, at least, I will not try to organize this. Darkness at times appears to serve Light; destruction, to serve creation. It is a rude awakening for me to have to revisit the world of infantile self-centeredness, apparently to have to re-learn correctly this time (at age 57!) some things I didn’t learn correctly on the first go-round. A world where i