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Diane Dimond
Diane Dimond is an author and investigative journalist.
Who Commits Suicide?
Commentary The author is on sabbatical. The following column was published in 2019. As odd as it might ...
Viewpoints
March 16, 2022
Holiday Best Wishes and Goodbye, for Now
Commentary First, holiday greetings to all. Here’s hoping the joy of the season follows you into 2022! For ...
Viewpoints
December 26, 2021
Should Judges Act as ‘Potted Plants’ or Active Reformers?
Commentary There is so much said these days about the need to reform our justice system. But where ...
Viewpoints
December 20, 2021
School Shootings: Time to Hold the Grown-ups Accountable, Too
Commentary Children cannot legally buy guns. It’s adults who introduce guns into a home, where curious or disturbed ...
Viewpoints
December 12, 2021
In This Season of Compassion, Spare a Thought for Prisoners
Commentary During the weeks between Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Christmas I always recall warm childhood memories of the season: ...
Viewpoints
December 4, 2021
Kyle Rittenhouse Is Now Due Another Sort of Justice
Commentary I can tell you with certainty that right now attorneys for newly acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse are working ...
Viewpoints
November 27, 2021
Televised Murder—Reprised and Once Again Revolting
Commentary He’s baaaack and on a TV screen near you! Dexter, that wacky and seemingly affable character who ...
Viewpoints
November 21, 2021
Lessons to Be Learned From the Media Circus
Commentary I’ve been thinking a lot about the phrase “media circus” lately. I’ve heard it applied to all ...
Viewpoints
November 15, 2021
Time to Stop the ‘Defund Police’ Talk
Commentary The voters have spoken. So now can we finally bury the insidiously foolish demand to “defund the ...
Viewpoints
November 8, 2021
Let’s Think About a Different Kind of Prison System
Commentary Show of hands: How many readers believe that the U.S. prison system truly works to rehabilitate convicts ...
Viewpoints
October 30, 2021
Police Can Legally Lie to You—in Most States
Commentary How many times have you seen these scenarios play out on TV crime dramas? The savvy detective ...
Viewpoints
October 24, 2021
Those Who Ignore Crime Are Just as Culpable
Commentary “The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but ...
Viewpoints
October 18, 2021
Let’s Get It Together on Marijuana Laws
Commentary Quick. Do you know whether marijuana is legal in your state? Is it approved for medical or ...
Viewpoints
October 11, 2021
The Media Soft-Pedals the Root Cause of Murder
Commentary Sad to say, we keep killing each other. New FBI statistics show that, even though we practiced ...
Viewpoints
October 5, 2021
The Nation’s Fixation on the Search for Gabby
Commentary There are hundreds of thousands of people reported missing in the United States each year. Last year ...
Viewpoints
September 28, 2021
To Honor a Killer’s Last Request—Or Not?
Commentary A medium-rare rib-eye steak, a baked potato with butter and sour cream, an iceberg lettuce salad, garlic ...
Viewpoints
September 20, 2021
Do We Really Need Hate Crime Laws?
Commentary Love and hate: the two most prevalent human emotions. Every human on the planet, save those afflicted ...
Viewpoints
September 14, 2021
History Matters and So Does Political Reality
Commentary Here we go again! In the aftermath of the mismanaged U.S. military pullout in Afghanistan, calls to ...
Viewpoints
September 6, 2021
The Clock Is Ticking on Ways to Fix the US Election System
Commentary This column is not about relitigating the 2020 election. President Joe Biden is the duly certified U.S. ...
Viewpoints
August 30, 2021
The Fentanyl Flood Into the US: Why Can’t We Make It Stop?
Commentary About 11 times every hour, about 250 times a day, an American citizen dies of a drug ...
Viewpoints
August 21, 2021
To Better Serve and Protect, Cops Need Help
Commentary Calls for the blanket defunding of police are ill-conceived and self-destructive. The proof is in the spike ...
Viewpoints
August 16, 2021
Americans Are in Debt and the Vultures Are Circling
Commentary Americans are now deeper in debt than at any other time in our nation’s history. Especially acute ...
Viewpoints
August 3, 2021
The US Constitution Says Treat All Defendants the Same
Commentary Equal treatment under the law, right? I think every American agrees that when it comes to law ...
Viewpoints
July 26, 2021
Are Guns Really the Problem?
Commentary The White House is launching a new assault to bring down the crime rate. As you’ve likely ...
Viewpoints
July 19, 2021
Our Incarceration Nation: Even After Prison, Many Americans Are Held Captive
Commentary Did you realize that there are more Americans on parole or probation than are held within the ...
Viewpoints
July 11, 2021
The Florida Condo Collapse—Lots of Blame to Go Around
Commentary While politicians in Washington continue to play games with an urgently needed $1 trillion infrastructure relief bill, ...
Viewpoints
July 6, 2021
Here’s Why Most Arrested Rioters Will Not Be Prosecuted
Commentary Perhaps you’ve heard about charges being dropped against most of last summer’s George Floyd protestors. Prosecutors from ...
Viewpoints
June 26, 2021
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