Patterico’s Pontifications


"Harangues that just make sense."

Author: Patrick Frey is a prosecutor in Los Angeles County.

Blawg Related Categories: Constitutional Law • States • California • Prosecutor

Recent Posts from Patterico’s Pontifications


  • Is Obama Carteresque?

    [Guest post by DRJ] It’s a valid question but you won’t believe who’s talking about it: H/T Newsbusters. – DRJ

  • Patterico on KFI With Breitbart

    It might happen, this hour (9-10 p.m. Pacific). Listen live on the Internet. Go here and click on the “Listen” link — then “Listen Live NOW.” It may not happen; the plan to have me…

  • An ACORN Correction

    In a recent series of posts on a pro-ACORN op-ed by Peter Dreier, I noted a series of errors and omissions and called on the Los Angeles Times to correct them. I obtained one correction…

  • Parenting Advice

    [Guest post by DRJ] Some people believe we should raise children with permissive parenting to promote creativity and avoid conflict. Other people believe we should raise children with structure and calm assertive energy as modeled…

  • Coming Soon: The 9/11 Five and “Why We Did It”

    [Guest post by DRJ] The five Guantanamo detainees the Obama Administration plans to try in a New York federal court will plead not guilty so they can air their grievances in a public forum: “The…

  • Jeff Jacoby: Support In-State Tuition for Illegal Immigrants or Be Labeled “Unprincipled”

    Jeff Jacoby: YOU’RE A sensible, principled conservative. You want America to be a land of boundless opportunity and freedom, where people are treated as individuals and judged on their merits. . . . But let…

  • Breaking: Democrats Have 60 Senate Votes for Debate on ObamaCare

    The AP reports: Democrats have hit the magic number of 60 to move ahead on historic health care legislation. Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln said on the Senate floor that she will vote with her party,…

  • Hacked E-Mails Appear to Indicate Global Warming Fraud

    Ed Morrissey explains: Controversy has exploded onto the Internet after a major global-warming advocacy center in the UK had its e-mail system hacked and the data published on line. The director of the University of…

  • L.A. Times Columnist Is Baked

    Presented without comment — none being necessary: Thanks — very much! — to Bradley J. Fikes. P.S. If it’s fake, what’s the point? And if it’s not fake, what’s the point? See what I mean?…

  • 2010: Even more alarm bells for Dems, in MO, NC, AR, etc.

    [Posted by Karl] If the polls were a record, they would sound like the beginning of Pink Floyd’s “Time.” Public Policy Polling (PPP) — a Democratic firm — has a raft of numbers, almost none…