Michael D. Brown

Imagine being tried and convicted in 1999 for a murder you did not commit.  Now imagine those nine years, five months and twelve days you spend in a Colorado state penitentiary for that murder.  It happened in Colorado and while the subject of this post is not about the murders, you should read about Tim [...]

On this, the last day of the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur, I have watched with admiration the videos of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the United Nations last week.  I was prompted to watch the videos by two items.  First, the Washington Times editorialized today in an opinion piece titled, “Leader of the [...]

In George Bernard Shaw’s Back to Methusela, the Serpent says “I hear you say ‘why?’ Always “Why?’ You see things; and you say ‘Why?”  But I dream things that never were; and I say “Why not?’”  While Shaw may have thought the answer to the world’s problems is to live forever, and Eve may have [...]

Canada’s National Post carried an excellent article about French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s United Nation’s Security Council speech.  But suddenly the report was pulled from its website. Fortunately, Andrew Breitbart’s Big Government captured it and saved it: obama sarkozy pdf – Now why would a newspaper do that?  Huh? Sarkozy said it best today:   France [...]

The way we treat fallen soldiers separates the United States from less civilized nations.  The ceremony is solemn, poignant and incredibly emotional.  Bank of America, or at least one employee of Bank of America, may not get it when it comes to this ceremony and what it means to the country, the family, the community [...]

Originally posted at Huffington Post where I hope you’ll also become a fan, read and comment on my posts.  It will be interesting to blog occasionally on HuffPo and read the comments.  

Foreign policy often gets overlooked during tough economic times.  With President Obama constantly on the road advocating his healthcare reforms, doing all (well, all except Fox News Sunday) the Sunday morning news shows, and now in New York City appearing on the David Letterman, it’s easy to forget that he’ll be in New York for [...]

I support the death penalty and believe there are more than sufficient procedures in place to protect the accused.  The system is not perfect and recent examples of DNA exonerating inmates is an example of the system’s imperfections. However, in a very small paragraph in the Denver Post appears this article:  Lawyer:  Inmate Traumatized By [...]

This morning’s Denver Post carries the headline, “Auroran Insists He’s No Terrorist” as part of the national coverage of the FBI’s investigation into a possible al-Qaeda sleeper cell in the U.S. preparing for a Madrid-like attack on New York subways or other transportation infrastructure. The potential for an al-Qaeda sleeper cell being in the United [...]