Profiled--An Israeli "investigation" cleared members of its army who killed 12 Palestinian civilians. Four West Bank quarry workers and four Gaza Strip farmers died for "moving in a suspicious manner," reported the Los Angles Times. In the third incident, two children and two teenagers died in a missile attack reportedly aimed at "suspected militants." This, a report said, was the result of "a technical problem."

T-shirt get a boost--T-shirts are showing up in Cartersville, Georgia, bearing an image of the Clydesdale horses above the words, "There is power in numbers." Anheuser-Busch ("Bud" beer) is suing its brewery workers in Teamsters Local 1129, demanding that they recall the shirts already in use, stop further distribution, and pay damages. The union represents about 95 percent of the plants’ 410 hourly workers. The shirts were ordered from a catalog and sold so briskly that several hundred more were ordered.

Justice and super-justice?--A reader heard it on NPR’s Market Place: "There are two kinds of justice; justice for the rich and justice for the superrich."

Can you be evicted?--Vacancies are still available for condos on the World, a 12-deck ocean liner. Apartment prices range from $2 million to $7 million. Plus heavy duty monthly carrying charges. But that includes real grass on the putting green.

Oyez, oyez--The Lord Chief Justice of the United Kingdom’s criminal courts wants to get rid of archaic Latin legalisms. The Lord’s offices confides that he’s having a tough time coming up with a synonym for pro bono. Lawyers have suggested "free of charge" or merely "free." Maybe it’s too touchy.

Don’t worry about it--The spate of brainy articles brought on by the Los Angeles hunt for a new police chief is under way. We admit skipping them. But one headline caught our eye. Penned by Jay Wachtel, a criminal justice prof and ex-cop: "The next chief of police should be, first and foremost, a cop."

He’s available?--Prof. Wachtel’s think piece concludes with a biographical note that he’s "spent 25 years in law enforcement."

Those crazy ultralefts--Ian Duncan Smith, a leader of England’s Tory Party, is bracing for an outraged response for his daring proposals to modernize the aging party of the right. He’s audaciously proposing the ball opening the party conference no longer be a black tie event. And, if he rallies sufficient support, the bash will end without the singing of Land of Hope and Glory.  
 
 
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