Say WHAT? Deputy sheriffs force prison inmates to fight like gladiators–and bet on the result
It’s been a bad time for law enforcement, as scandals involving abuse of authority (oftentimes with lethal results) have been a mainstay of news coverage…
Author: Martin Schneider Archives: 03/2015
Lose all your money to an Ellen DeGeneres-themed slot machine
Ellen DeGeneres is so very likeable that nobody is going to mind at all that she stands to make a huge wad of moolah from…
‘How the Rules of Evidence Handcuff the Piano Man’ and more from the Billy Joel law conference
Billy Joel surveys the damage done by a rock-throwing hoodlum If you’re like me, you can’t hear the Billy Joel song “All for Leyna” without…
John Waters on ‘Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous’!
There’s no way that the director of Pink Flamingos, Polyester, Hairspray, and Female Trouble could live in a boring house; viewers across the country got…
Pay for play: What Jimi Hendrix and (almost) every performer at Woodstock was paid
Most rock fans know which bands distinguished themselves at the Woodstock festival, properly styled the “Woodstock Music & Art Fair,” in August 1969–Jimi Hendrix, The…