For the uninitiate, the term “family law” is a vaguely Orwellian euphemism for “divorce,” — just as Oceania’s Ministry of “Peace” was all about making war, “family law” court is all about breaking up families, not putting them back together.… Continue Reading
With a very active social and professional life, I’ve been a bit busy recently. Yesterday I was called upon to make chicken salad to prepare for a dinner with friends and to create a surplus with which The Wife could… Continue Reading
These nations all have something in common: Brunei, Canada, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, the Gambia, Haiti, the Holy See, Ireland, Lesotho, Monaco, Paupa New Guinea, Portugal, Qatar, San Marino, South Korea, Timor-Leste, and the United Kingdom. (This is an exhaustive… Continue Reading
Tell me, Mike Huckabee, why exactly should I care that Natalie Portman is only engaged but not yet married to the father of her as-yet unborn child? This bit of celebrity trivia impacts my life how?
I was going to write about the after-class sex-toy demonstration at Northwestern University, and mediate upon what is and is not an educational activity and what is and is not appropriate even for an institution of higher learning whose students… Continue Reading
Fred Phelps and the rest of his sick, twisted family, calling themselves the Westboro Baptist Church, are excerable and revolting stains upon our body politic. I wish they would go away. But the result in this case today could not… Continue Reading
It’s late at night and I’ve other things to attend to. Military intervention in Libya would be an extraordinarily bad idea, an adventure that could easily go wrong and cost us a lot of blood and treasure and produce no… Continue Reading
From the most interesting conversation I had today: what is the ability to engage in good conversation? My friend and I identified quick wit, understanding and comprehension of your interlocutor’s statements, and the ability to truly argue. True argument we… Continue Reading
Apparently, some folks in Iran thinks that the newly-announced logo for the 2012 Olympics in London spells out the word “Zion” and therefore Mohammad Aliabadi, the head of Iran’s Olympic program, has hinted that Iran will boycott the Olympics. I… Continue Reading