Tax Collectors In Funny Hats

September 20, 2010

On Labor Day, as I drove south on New York’s beautiful Taconic State Parkway, I crested a hill to find a state police cruiser stopped on the shoulder. Just beyond the trooper were three more cruisers, each with lights flashing, each parked behind an unhappy motorist. I had stumbled across a classic speed trap. The Parkway is a lightly traveled road with a speed limit throughout of 55 miles per …

Privacy Has Its Place, But Not Necessarily At Work

July 8, 2010

If you want to keep your personal business to yourself, you should not conduct it at work — especially not on your employer’s equipment. Though it seems obvious to me, Sgt. Jeff Quon, a police officer from Ontario, Calif., had to go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court to learn this lesson. The court ruled 9-0 in favor of the obvious, reversing a federal appellate court’s prior decision. …

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