Charles Oliver, Author at Reason.com

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Petro-Canada gas station. | Valentino Visentini | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Watch What You Say

Charles Oliver | 3.4.2024 4:00 AM

Blurred image of a police car, as if it's engaged in a high-speed chase. | Phartisan | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Passing the Buck

Charles Oliver | 3.1.2024 4:00 AM

Empty rows of airline seats. | Andyh12 | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: This One Is Just Right

Charles Oliver | 2.29.2024 4:00 AM

Close-up of a person's hand as they are about to put a laundry pod into a full washing machine. | Ocskay Mark | Dreamstime.com

Plastic Pollution

Brickbat: Hard To Swallow

Charles Oliver | 2.28.2024 4:00 AM

An empty shopping cart in the middle of the dairy aisle of a grocery store. | Igor Bukhlin | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Don't Go Yet

Charles Oliver | 2.27.2024 4:00 AM

Close-up of AXON body camera affixed to a police officer's uniform. | John Gomez | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Viewing Party

Charles Oliver | 2.26.2024 4:00 AM

A police officer stands next to a crossover SUV that has been pulled over in front of a gated residential home. | Susan Vineyard | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: You Can Never Be Too Careful

Charles Oliver | 2.23.2024 4:00 AM

The lit-up No Smoking and Fasten Seat Belt signs in the cabin of an Airbus 320. | Aldorado10 | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Grounded Already

Charles Oliver | 2.22.2024 4:00 AM

The outdoor testing area of a Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) location. | QuiteSimplyStock | Dreamstime.com

Excessive Fines

Brickbat: Late or Early

Charles Oliver | 2.21.2024 4:00 AM

A policewoman in an interrogation shows a gun in an evidence bag to a suspect. | Katarzyna Bialasiewicz | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Finders, Keepers

Charles Oliver | 2.20.2024 4:00 AM

Close-up of the rear wheel of a car driving in the rain. | Milkovasa | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: So Tired

Charles Oliver | 2.19.2024 4:00 AM

Prison cell with the door open, in Alcatraz. | Chenyun Fan | Dreamstime.com

Prison sentence

Brickbat: Time Gone By

Charles Oliver | 2.16.2024 4:00 AM

Masked policemen in Honduras unload wrapped kilos of cocaine from a truck. | STR/EFE/Newscom

Brickbat: There for the Taking

Charles Oliver | 2.15.2024 4:00 AM

A man urinates behind a tree. | Joa Souza | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Gee Whiz

Charles Oliver | 2.14.2024 4:00 AM

bb3 | Illustration: Peter Bagge

Brickbats: March 2024

News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world

Charles Oliver and Peter Bagge | 2.13.2024 6:00 AM

A London police officer holding a billy club over one shoulder, during a fracas. | Avpics | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Quick Action

Charles Oliver | 2.13.2024 4:00 AM

Statue of a horned demon | Stepanov Mikhail | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Sympathy for the Devil

Charles Oliver | 2.12.2024 4:00 AM

An empty city council meeting hall, with tables and chairs set up facing a front dais. | Algimantas Barzdzius | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Power Mad

Charles Oliver | 2.9.2024 4:00 AM

A fallen tree breaks through a wooden privacy fence. | Mrivserg | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Timber!

Charles Oliver | 2.8.2024 4:00 AM

Extreme close-up of a police car. | Uatp1 | Dreamstime.com

Los Angeles Sheriff's Department

Brickbat: Let's Go for a Ride

Charles Oliver | 2.7.2024 4:00 AM

Close-up on a plumber's hand as he installs a water meter on a residential pipe. | Oleksandr Rado | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: All Wet

Charles Oliver | 2.6.2024 4:00 AM

A gavel, a magnifying glass, and a series of U.S. money fanned out. | Alexei Novikov | Dreamstime.com

Prison sentence

Brickbat: The Wrong Man

Charles Oliver | 2.5.2024 4:00 AM

Close-up of the baht, Thailand's currency, with a picture of the country's king. | Sirayot Bunhlong | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Royal Trouble

Charles Oliver | 2.2.2024 4:00 AM

A policeman talks to a woman in her doorway. | Arne9001 | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Nobody Home

Charles Oliver | 2.1.2024 4:00 AM

A man tucks a wad of cash into a suit jacket pocket. | Chernetskaya | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Uncharitable Fraud

Charles Oliver | 1.31.2024 4:00 AM

A man's hand and a stack of U.S. hundred-dollar bills | Devinpavel | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Kick It Back

Charles Oliver | 1.30.2024 4:00 AM

bb1 | Illustration: Peter Bagge

Brickbats: February 2024

News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world.

Charles Oliver and Peter Bagge | 1.29.2024 6:15 AM

A man in an olive sweater sits in front of a bank of surveillance monitors. | Viappy | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Casting a Wide Net

Charles Oliver | 1.29.2024 4:00 AM

A street preacher speaks into a microphone. | Adam Calaitzis | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Thought Crime

Charles Oliver | 1.26.2024 4:00 AM

Two street trash cans filled to the top with garbage and plastic bottles. | Lestertairpolling | Dreamstime.com

Government Waste

Brickbat: Expensive Garbage

Charles Oliver | 1.25.2024 4:00 AM

A beautiful woman in a military uniform does a half-salute half-point to the camera. | Bogdan Chirap | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Supporting the Troops

Charles Oliver | 1.24.2024 4:00 AM

A pregnant woman holds her stomach while a man cradles a fake pregnancy belly. | Prostockstudio | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Miami Vices

Charles Oliver | 1.23.2024 4:00 AM

A journalist with a PRESS badge holds two microphones and writes in a notebook | Wellphotos | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Don't Touch

Charles Oliver | 1.22.2024 4:00 AM

A suspect in a hoodie flees from police under an overpass. | Lightfieldstudiosprod | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Hot Pursuit

Charles Oliver | 1.19.2024 4:00 AM

A passport open to a blank page on which VISA DENIED has been stamped. | Piyamas Dulmunsumphun | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Taking Their Word for It

Charles Oliver | 1.18.2024 4:00 AM

A package thief in a hoodie walks away from a porch with a package in tow, as seen through a doorbell camera. | RightFramePhotoVideo | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Package Thief Privacy

Charles Oliver | 1.17.2024 4:00 AM

A man speaking French, with the French flag in his speech bubble | Fuzzbones | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Parlez-vous français?

Charles Oliver | 1.16.2024 4:00 AM

Close-up of a credit card about to be used at point of sale. | Lorna Jane | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Let's See Some ID

Charles Oliver | 1.15.2024 4:00 AM

An officer with London's Metropolitan Police riding a motorcycle. | John Gomez | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: What's That Smell?

Charles Oliver | 1.12.2024 4:00 AM

The Immigrants monument by Luis Sanguino, in Battery Park, Lower Manhattan. | Viocara | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: What Did You Call Me?

Charles Oliver | 1.11.2024 4:00 AM

Fluffy puppy in the display window of a pet store. | Valerij Milanovic | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: How Much Is That Doggie In the Window?

Charles Oliver | 1.10.2024 4:00 AM

A thief clips a bicycle lock with long-handled bolt cutters. | Andrey Popov | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: The Bicycle Thieves

Charles Oliver | 1.9.2024 4:00 AM

Rows of books on shelves at a school library. | Syda Productions | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: The Censors Say 'Sorry'

Charles Oliver | 1.8.2024 4:00 AM

A software developer sits in front of monitors filled with computer code. | Wutthichai Luemuang | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: A Rose By Any Other Name

Charles Oliver | 1.5.2024 4:00 AM

Neon signs reading TOPLESS, advertising a topless bar. | Joe Sohm | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Running Up the Score

Charles Oliver | 1.4.2024 4:00 AM

A hand holds an ICEE branded cup at an outdoor park. | Vladimír Výbožťok | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Have a Drink on Me

Charles Oliver | 1.3.2024 4:00 AM

Union protesters on a picket line in Manhattan. | Vonora | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Union Dues

Charles Oliver | 1.2.2024 4:00 AM

A single prisoner in an orange jumpsuit lies on a cot in a prison cell. | Ilya Ginzburg | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Filed Away and Forgotten

Charles Oliver | 1.1.2024 4:00 AM

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