AIA Surety, the nation’s leading bail bond surety company, recently released the results of a survey of it’s agents. One question stood out for me. It said “What is the biggest challenge facing bail agents today?” Fifty-five percent of those responding said that unethical competitors presented the biggest challenge. Interestingly, several recent news stories support [...]

I grew up on the east coast, not far from New York City. It was common knowledge that there were men on the street who loaned money at exorbitant interest rates to desperate individuals willing to pay them. These men were called “loan sharks” or “Shylocks”. The loans were illegal and the men involved were [...]

Stupid Criminal Season, that is. Here is another stupid criminal story out of Boston as reported by the Associated Press and Denver Post Police: Mass. suspect mutilated fingers to hide ID BOSTON—Police say a Boston man wanted for drug trafficking tried to conceal his identity by cutting the tips of his fingers to hide the [...]

I’ve previously written about my belief that marijuana use contributes to stupidity. Here is a story out of Wichita, KS that supports my contention. The text of the article in the Wichita Eagle is copied below. Couple arrested after reporting theft of marijuana BY STAN FINGER The Wichita Eagle WICHITA — A man and woman [...]

Domestic Violence is a wide-spread problem that endangers family members as well as the law enforcement officers responding to calls for help. Men initiate aggression about as often as do women and, in about half of the reported cases, there is no clear-cut initiator. Women are more likely to be harmed, however. Prior to the [...]

Everybody’s got an opinion about the war in Afghanistan. Here is an article written by an intelligent, former Marine Sergeant who’s been there. Read it. Don’t Ever Call Me A Hero » Obama to send 30,000 to Afghanistan