Still following the story about Russell Laing, the guy who supposedly stored a 150-gun arsenal in his McCandless apartment and then threatened cops terroristically. The local magistrate postponed the hearing last week. It's now scheduled for May 19.

Someone who said he was a friend of Mr. Laing wrote an e-mail a few weeks back to say that Mr. Laing was an antique gun collector, not a maniac with intention to terrorize. This is interesting, but what about the police report that says Laing engaged in a five-hour standoff with law enforcement after they attempted to enter his home?

So I covered the Pittsburgh G20 at True/Slant and Philadelphia City Paper, which was amusing. Additional reports are forthcoming at Next American City magazine. My basic observation: The City of Pittsburgh called in way too many cops and the Protesters of Pittsburgh didn't know how to contend with them. What's the next step in organized resistence? I have no idea, but someone better get there fast. Otherwise, resistance movements are in jeopardy.

I've begun blogging over at True/Slant because it's an interesting idea (a kind of steroidal version of both blogs and Web forums) and because it promises compensation. Yesterday's post was about the odd tendency to blame opinionated talking heads for society's ills: