From the Beeb, one of the bigger stories making the rounds today: An Arab man convicted in Israel of rape because he pretended he was a Jew when he had consensual sex with a Jewish woman has called the verdict… Continue Reading
This blog has an odd name and there’s a lot of social conservative stuff there that sits poorly with me. But a friend writes there and he just freaking nailed it today. It’s sad to see that incumbents, even in… Continue Reading
Somehow, in fifteen plus years of practice, I’d never, ever made an appearance at the Beverly Hills courthouse. That changed earlier this week. I was expecting something posh. Marble or granite on the walls. Sculpture or statuary. Interesting architecture. Parallel… Continue Reading
The prize goes to Patrick at Popehat for his post “The Perfect Is The Enemy Of The Good, But The Good Is The Enemy Of Bureaucrats, Those Who Hate Personal Freedom (For Other People), The Nanny State, And Grant Money… Continue Reading
A little bit of extra money here at Soffit House has produced mason jars full of mid-range vodka steeping in cucumber peelings, tangerines, and raspberries. Daily we take these jars out of the refrigerator and shake up the contents inside. … Continue Reading
Today, I saw, for the first time in my life, the movie Easy Rider. I presume that I’m about the only person in the world who hasn’t seen it, so I won’t bother concealing spoilers from a forty-one year-old movie.… Continue Reading
At the suggestion of Ordinary Gentleman Rufus F., I undertook to read Chris Hedges’ new book The Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle. I found it a seductively-written polemic, lacking in scholarly research but… Continue Reading
There is a building near the corner of Broadway and Park Place in New York City, occupying a spot either two or three blocks north of the edge of the World Trade Center reconstruction site depending on how you count… Continue Reading
Really, it does. This is what it’s all about.
Seeing as any whiff of actual sexuality on the part of our public officials causes a gigantic huff from one circle of voters or another, and based on the actual results, Americans seem to prefer their politicians to be ugly,… Continue Reading