A little over four months ago, after weeks of dutiful episode summaries and commentary, I posted a short piece about the final episode of The Wire, promising to follow up with more. Alas, I never got around to it, and the guilt has been haunting me ever since. So, as a gesture of contrition to our loyal readership, I’ve written a whole magazine article in this month’s Washington Monthly about a group of drug dealers from West Baltimore–essentially the real-life guys from The Wire–who are defending themselves against a massive federal drugs/weapons/conspiracy/murder indictment using constitutional fundamentalist legal theories developed by white supremacists, gun nuts, Timothy McVeigh militia / patriot crazy people, etc. Featuring cameo appearances by Geraldo Rivera, Toby Keith, and former heavyweight boxing champion Hasim Rahman, plus some really terrible rap lyrics.
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03/19/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on college graduation rates and the NCAA Tournament in the Detroit Free Press.
03/19/10 | Linda Perlstein links to Education Sector's "College- and Career-Ready" event.
03/17/10 | Ben Miller's column on graduation rates and NCAA Tournament eligibility is mentioned on The Wall Street Journal's The Daily Fix.
03/17/10 | Kevin Carey's critique of Diane Ravitch's latest book is quoted in Doublethink's Conventional Folly blog.
03/15/10 | Ben Miller pens an op-ed for US News & World Report on using graduation rates to determine NCAA Tournament eligibility.
Hey Kevin,
I just finished your article and was blown away. Thanks for the link and the great writing. It read like an episode of the Wire, too – ending caught me off guard and left me feeling a little more depressed about the crazy state of things.
EG