About ten years ago, my then-law partner and I tried a personal injury case in Sacramento. It was a difficult case to prepare because the plaintiff had treated with a great many doctors and the nature of his medical treatment… Continue Reading
The proposition that “the rich are getting richer, the poor getting poorer, and the middle class is getting screwed” is one that has a seductive intellectual appeal to me. If it is true, it is surely the result of the… Continue Reading
Renewing my tradition from last year, I boldly offer the following predictions for the next year. I make no claim to psychic powers, clairvoyance, astral projection, divine or demonic information, or access to time machines. These are SWAGs and nothing… Continue Reading
A year ago, I made some predictions for what would happen in 2009. How’d I do? 1. The United States Federal deficit for calendar year 2009 will exceed $1.5 trillion. Check. 2. A human being will be cloned. Not Yet… Continue Reading
Well, maybe not exactly what they think we sound like, but the singer is intentionally trying to sound like an English speaker, I think an American, without actually using any real English. Over at LGM, a commenter correctly identified the… Continue Reading
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Why is everything sweetened with high fructose corn syrup? Because calorie for calorie, it’s the sweetest inexpensive natural sweetener around. If other kinds of sweeteners were used, products would be more expensive and have more calories. Not sweetening food products… Continue Reading
So let me get this straight. Dutch Security fails to identify a potential terrorist and keep him off a plane flying in to Detroit. Then, the guy turns out to be a not very competent suicide bomber and fails to… Continue Reading
So where was this when everyone was asking me what I wanted for Christmas?
There are people who are obsessed with all sorts of obscure things. Like paper planes. I like paper planes too.