True equality—London cops are now making random searches of whites as well as Asians and Blacks. This is supposed to mute the anger of nonwhites when they’re the sole target.

Let cops be cops—Richard Barnes, a London-area ranking cop, grumbled: “it’s ridiculous to waste time for the purpose of political correctness.”

Wheels of injustice—In Sydney, Australia, Peter Qasim, the longest-serving immigration prisoner, has been released after being locked up for seven years. He has been granted a temporary visa. A wire dispatch saw it as reflecting a response to the widely criticized government immigration policy.

Mobilized on the home front—With the tabs in, Palo Alto, California, estimates it cost a whacking $48,000 to rally 300 cops from across the county to overpower 200 protesters against the war in Iraq. Nearby San Jose sent six mounted police. At a previous protest, an official said, a window was broken and two people arrested. The cops estimated the recent action included about 25 anarchists. No weapons of mass destruction were found.

We’re humbled—Now and then, we note Los Angeles-area homes fetching as much as $20 million. But an estate in ultra-exclusive Hampton Beach, New York, has been sold as a record-buster. The main home has only three bedrooms, but there are two guest houses. Plus a barn converted into a dining room. A tenant apparently tired of rent and bought it for $90 million .  
 
 
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