Tapas Bar

A new tapas bar, Sabores, has opened half a mile or less from my apartment. I paid a visit there yesterday, looked at the menu, and found that it was not playing ugly music at high volume. I’m not likely to become the place’s best customer, but I may well drop by now and again to make a meal of some vegetarian tapas, and peradventure indulge in a glass of sherry.

Daylight Saving Time has begun, just in case you haven’t been reminded already (for fellow USians).

Prosecutorial Malice

I trust that many readers know about civil forfeiture, the practice of seizing property based on its alleged connection to a crime, without convicting the property owner of any crime, and sometimes without any accusation that the owner had any connection to the crime, even if a crime was actually committed by someone. Reason magazine has an article about a lawsuit alleging that prosecutors filed bogus charges against a man for challenging the seizure of his car. We need law enforcement to make crime reasonably dangerous for the criminals, but we should not be indifferent to abuses committed by police and prosecutors.