• Someone put this on Naomi Klein’s reading list. Milton Friedman’s policies saved tens of thousands of lives in Chile.
• Sheriff Joe is in trouble again.
• The family of Sal Culosi will get their day in court.
• Police officer shoots fenced-in dog while making arrest at neighboring house.
• Do not want!
• Great photo: F-15s over Neuchwanstein.
• Amazing story: The British POW who broke into Auschwitz.

Love the whimsy of tilt-shift photography. This video is one of the best examples I’ve seen.

The Sandpit from Sam O’Hare on Vimeo.

The first six-month reports are in from Maryland’s first-in-the-nation SWAT team transparency bill.

My crime column this week looks at what they tell us.

Sorry for the tech problems over the weekend. If you still can’t access the site, the problem should resolve itself today. Of course, if you still can’t access the site, you can’t read this, either.

• Much as it pains me to admit it, I think Haley Barbour has a point, here. Not sure I trust the federal government to make the right decisions in this Toyota mess when it’s also a majority shareholder in one of Toyota’s biggest competitors.
• Note to media: Taking food, water, and clothing from open or vacant storefronts after a catastrophe isn’t “looting.” It’s surviving. Especially when there are no legitimate ways of accessing essential needs, as is currently the case in much of Chile. If people were taking TVs and iPods, we could talk about looting.
• This is one of the more depressing stories I’ve seen in the last week.
• Charlotte police officer resigns after he’s accused of influencing victims in line-ups. This is a good reason while lineups should be conducted by officers who have no knowledge of the case.
• Norway fighting infection by cutting down on use of antibiotics.
• Great commercial. Unfortunately, the commercial does nothing about the fact that Old Spice still smells like grandpas.
• U.K. government bill aimed at protecting copyright will essentially outlaw open WiFi networks.
• I think we’ve reached a tipping point in the public consciousness when the innocent recipients of a mistaken drug shipment say the first thing that crossed their mind was that a SWAT team may be on the way, and they feared for the safety of their dog.