This would be a big letdown for me. Senator Clinton lost a lot of credibility when she talked about coming under sniper fire in Bosnia when the video clearly demonstrated a well-secured, peaceful, and well-orchestrated diplomatic greeting. I think she… Continue Reading
A dialogue between French President Nicholas Sarkozy and Russian Prime Minister and neo-Rasputin Vladimir Putin, as reported in the London Times: With Russian tanks only 30 miles from Tbilisi on August 12, Mr Sarkozy told Mr Putin that the world… Continue Reading
I was approached this morning by another lawyer asking if we could cross-post on one another’s blogs. I’d never really considered giving up my monopoly on the soapbox here, but I found myself not at all cool to the idea.… Continue Reading
You’ll have to fill out this questionnaire. And I thought applying to be a judge was onerous. This looks more like a Chinese Communist Party exercise in “self-criticism.” Check out question 13: “If you have ever sent an electronic communication,… Continue Reading
Republicans seeking a reboot may be interested in this. The new effort aims to “rebuild the party,” focusing mainly on matching and exceeding the structural advantages of the Democratic party — particularly the kinds of innovative technological things that the… Continue Reading
Better day at the office today. Some days, you think you may not be in the right line of work after all. Other days, you know you’ve done good work, you feel it in your bones.
Tell me. I seem to have missed something. Why can’t GM file Chapter 11? It’s out of dough. It’s out of liquid capital. It is being crushed under the weight of eleven different union contracts that have sucked all the… Continue Reading
Socialism:–noun1. a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.2. procedure or practice in accordance with… Continue Reading
With absentee and provisional ballots being counted now in Alaska, at one point today Mark Begich was exactly three votes ahead of Ted Stevens in the race for Senate. That’s three (3) votes out of more than a quarter million.… Continue Reading
It’s been a lousy day. Work, really. I’m not done working yet and it’s much later in the night than I prefer to do things. Lots of frustration, mistakes (some mine, some of others), bad (or at least adverse) judicial… Continue Reading