Charles Oliver, Author at Reason.com

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A firefighter walks away from a blaze. | Arisha Singh | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Fighting Fire

Charles Oliver | 4.8.2024 4:00 AM

Wall of gritty graffiti. | Andrei Iancu | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Paint It Black

Charles Oliver | 4.5.2024 4:00 AM

A professional dog walker walks with eight dogs on leashes. | Tiago Lopes Fernandez | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Walking the Dog(s)

Charles Oliver | 4.4.2024 4:00 AM

Stage actors with their backs to the audience. | Andrey Lukovskii | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Don't Forget Your Lines

Charles Oliver | 4.3.2024 4:00 AM

The hood is popped on a car that has been modified to race, as the driver leans over to tinker with the engine. | Mariuszks | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Chop Shop

Charles Oliver | 4.2.2024 4:00 AM

U.S. Army soldiers saluting in formation. | Bumbleedee | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Lending a Helping Hand

Charles Oliver | 4.1.2024 4:00 AM

A female scientist works at a lab station, testing DNA. | Vladgalenko | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Science Doesn't Lie, but Scientists Do

Charles Oliver | 3.29.2024 4:00 AM

Awning that hangs over the entrance of an English restaurant, reading FISH & CHIPS | Christopher Bellette | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: There's Something Fishy Going On

Charles Oliver | 3.28.2024 4:00 AM

A police cruiser is parked on a residential street outside a house. | Dogorasun | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Unsafe at Home

Charles Oliver | 3.27.2024 4:00 AM

The waiting room of a hospital in the United Kingdom. | Matthew Ashmore | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: We'll Get to You in a Moment

Charles Oliver | 3.26.2024 4:00 AM

bb1 | Illustrations: Peter Bagge

Brickbats: April 2024

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

Peter Bagge and Charles Oliver | 3.25.2024 6:00 AM

A pizza being removed from a burning pizza oven | Dejan Veljkovic | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: When the Moon Hits Your Eye

Charles Oliver | 3.25.2024 4:00 AM

The locked door of a commercial freezer, seen from the outside. | Wellesenterprises | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Cold Injustice

Charles Oliver | 3.22.2024 4:00 AM

An unseen man sits in front of a computer screen at night. | F01photo | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Misogyny on Main

Charles Oliver | 3.21.2024 4:00 AM

A male motorist blows into a Breathalyzer while sitting in the front seat of his car. | Andrey Popov | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: You Blew It

Charles Oliver | 3.20.2024 4:00 AM

A keyring hanging from a hook by a front door. | Rushtonheather | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Persistence Is Key

Charles Oliver | 3.19.2024 4:00 AM

A child's hands clutch prison bars. | Tinnakorn Jorruang | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Pint-Sized Prison

Charles Oliver | 3.18.2024 4:00 AM

A chest of pirate treasure, including gold and jewels. | Savagerus | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Perks of the Job

Charles Oliver | 3.15.2024 4:00 AM

Blurred image of a police vehicle with siren flashing, as if in pursuit. | Niti Wongthai | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Swift Justice

Charles Oliver | 3.14.2024 4:00 AM

A female psychic telling someone's fortune using playing cards. | Miriam Doerr | Dreamstime.com

Law enforcement

Brickbat: Pre-Crime and Punishment

Charles Oliver | 3.13.2024 4:00 AM

Close-up of a vehicle tag sticker and tag registration form. | Pixelrobot | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Texas Tag Trouble

Charles Oliver | 3.12.2024 4:00 AM

An adorable brown and white dog with traces of black around the nose and eyes. | Vlad Georgescu | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Dog Gone

Charles Oliver | 3.11.2024 4:00 AM

Ambulance drives down an Edinburgh street, blurred as if it's moving quickly. | Mino Surkala | Dreamstime.com

Government abuse

Brickbat: Free Ride

Charles Oliver | 3.8.2024 4:00 AM

A man holds a Colt Python revolver behind his back, next to his waistband. | Maximus117 | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: You Can Tell Us

Charles Oliver | 3.7.2024 4:00 AM

A black dog hikes his leg to urinate on a wall. | Miguel Angel Morales Hermo | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Taking the Piss

Charles Oliver | 3.6.2024 4:00 AM

The imported beer section of a Whole Foods in Houston. | Trong Nguyen | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Pop the Top

Charles Oliver | 3.5.2024 4:00 AM

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

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