KC Johnson has done a pretty impressive job of
skewering the Herald-Sun, and that continues with
this visceration of a weekend editorial, accompanied by a memorable
dissection of how police chief Chalmers' discussion of the investigation of
alleged criminal behavior by Durham police at a Raleigh bar. He also makes
an argument that the Durham police's approach to Duke students, as explained by
the Herald-Sun, justifies investigation by the Justice Department.
When he
does stuff right, he gets close to "A Modest Proposal's" level of
biting insight.