The police do tend to be a bit SWAT happy, but when a call comes through with 'men armed with shotguns and multiple hostages' time does tend to be a critical factor.

Well said.

The Elenium is pretty good for undermining the paladin trope. Sparhawk is the perfect example of how Lawful Good doesn't mean Lawful Stupid.

The Thulls were the ones always pregnant. It prevented them from being sacrificed to Torak. The Mallorean books, I thought, did a good job of deconstructing the racism of the Belgariad books. With most of those being set in Mallorea it would have been difficult to keep looking at everyone around them as just…

No matter how much proof you give someone like this, they'll never change. Its just like crazy religious people. The best you can do is to is to discourage them from breeding and/or going out in public.

Agree. You're absolutely right in saying that not all evidence is necessarily relevant. Criminal defense lawyers are paid to defend their clients - even if they're guilty. While I would say a good many are ethical lawyers, there are definitely plenty who aren't and will obfuscate the truth any way they can. Johnny…

I think it's "naively false" because most people mistakenly believe that a bullet fired parallel to the ground will continue on a flat trajectory. People can imagine a softly tossed ball falling, but the great speed of a bullet, and the relatively short distances over which they typically travel combine to give the…

well, rumor wise, He punch a producer due to a closed restaurant refuse to service a hungry-clarkson after a photo-shoot? Some accommodation problem?

Amanda Waller just took over the NBPA. The owners are screwed.