Good Message, Good News
Dexter McCluster, an early prospect for NFL rookie of the year, is to be praised for offering his time and his new-found fame to get the word out in this PSA: I heartily agree with the message, even if laws… Continue Reading
Month: September 2010
Probate to Pangloss
My firm’s probate practice requires us to frequently deal with people who are facing death. Sometimes it’s their own, sometimes it’s a loved one’s; sometimes the death is in the future and sometimes it is in the immediate past. One… Continue Reading
Seventeen Penalties
Turns out, when you spot the home team 152 yards on seventeen different penalties, it’s quite difficult to win a professional football game. Hopefully Green Bay can remember this interesting statistical factoid next week. Chicago, not Green Bay, joins the… Continue Reading
Seriously Are Barrels Ever This Long?
I understand the need for a graphic to represent the hot-button issue. But I can’t recall ever seeing a barrel of a handgun long enough to do this:
An Analogy
Rolling Stones : INXS :: Beatles : ??? I said “U2.” Is there a better answer? Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.0
Rally To Restore Sanity
Allow me to heartily, politely, and respectfully endorse this upcoming rally in Washington D.C. If I happen to be there for some reason on October 30, 2010, I’ll be the one carrying this sign: Of course, if I’ve no other… Continue Reading
New And Improved Ought To Mean Something More Than A New Label On An Old Product
The GOP “Pledge to America” released this morning at first glance looks like it has two main parts — repeal Obamacare, and NOT to do a bunch of other stuff, most of which amounts to promising not to raise a… Continue Reading
This Is A Pleasant Fiction, Isn’t it?
A “myth,” as I have tried to consistently use the term, is a story with powerful emotional or social resonance, and for which the objective truth of its content is irrelevant and generally questionable. President Obama recited a myth the… Continue Reading
Politics Disgusts Me Sometimes
Really? Filibustering the defense appropriations act so that we can “study” (read: delay) repealing “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” instead of just repealing it now and accepting the inevitable? I’ve not known anyone in the military who didn’t know full well… Continue Reading
Angels And Kiwis: A Little Help Please
I’ve never seen an angel. I have seen pictures of angels in art, but not an actual entity that matches or even approximates the description of angels in art and myth. I know people who claim to have seen and… Continue Reading