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Month: December 2010

The Constitution Deserves Better Than Rote Recital

December 30, 2010Burt Likko 2 Comments

You would think that I would applaud the reading the Constitution in order to open a session of Congress. But I’m not doing that. I used to be a Roman Catholic. Part of the Roman Catholic Mass involves collective recital… Continue Reading →

Constitutional Law, Domestic Politics, Government

The Internet – Destroying Justifiable Faith In Humanity Since 1993

December 30, 2010Burt Likko

It’s one thing to read comments to YouTube videos, which have acquired something of a reputation for being particularly inane and intelligence-free. But one hopes for better when one reads comments to an article in Scientific American.

Link Love

I Once Claimed California Was Over-Regulated

December 28, 2010Burt Likko 4 Comments

It took me sixty seconds on the internet and $6.99 to become ordained as a minister and become empowered to officiate over and solemnize wedding ceremonies. I didn’t even have to profess a religious creed. Truly, I live in a… Continue Reading →

California, Law, Religion

Closing Guantánamo Bay: The Buick Solution

December 28, 2010Burt Likko

General Motors has, after its traumatic financial reorganization, reduced its branding from eight or nine different brand names to four. One of its brands, GMC, is reserved for trucks, so it has only three levels of branding available for its… Continue Reading →

Barack Obama, Constitutional Law, Crime and Punishment, Domestic Politics, International Politics, Law, Terrorism

My Breaking Point: A Haiku

December 28, 2010Burt Likko 2 Comments

“Holy communion” Is why I’m an atheist: It’s not human meat.

Atheism

Double Feature

December 25, 2010Burt Likko

It was double feature Christmas Eve yesterday after The Wife got off work early (I had the day off). The selection at the theaters was Tron Legacy in 3-D and Black Swan. There is no point in seeing Tron in… Continue Reading →

Movies

Time To Change My Job Description

December 23, 2010Burt Likko 4 Comments

Take two hypothetical people. And when I say “people,” what I really mean is “taxpayers.” Let’s call these folks “Attorney Alice” and “Minister Mike.” Attorney Alice works for the law firm of Nasty, Poor, Brutish & Short LLP, which pays… Continue Reading →

Constitutional Law, Government, Link Love, Money, Religion

But Weren’t The Southerners Good To Their Blacks?

December 23, 2010Burt Likko

As neo-confederates celebrate the sesquicentennial anniversary of South Carolina’s act of treason in defense of slavery, I am grateful for a link to Ta-Nehisi Coates of The Atlantic. Coates tells the story of Robert Smalls, an escaped slave who commandeered… Continue Reading →

Big Brass Ones Award, History, Link Love

This Is Why There Are Sports Blogs

December 22, 2010Burt Likko 1 Comment

Correspondence from 1974 between an attorney who is a Cleveland Browns season ticket holder and the response turns out to be 100% pure awesome. If it’s not genuine, it ought to be.

Sports, Unimportant but Mildly Amusing

Lame Duck Congress

December 22, 2010Burt Likko 1 Comment

Is it just me or has the lame duck session of Congress this year been more productive than the entire regular session? Whether you like the results or not, it’s undeniable that a lot of stuff got done on both… Continue Reading →

Domestic Politics

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