The last time I came here, the drive took three hours in the rain. Today, December 30, is clear and warm for the season. No traffic; I arrive an hour early rather than an hour late. Navigating the noodle bowl… Continue Reading
-{This old post from Hit Coffee seemed topical.}- There were three serious Democrats running in 1966. The first was progressive former governor Ellis Arnall. The second was a young state senator named Jimmy Carter. The third was Lester Maddox, a… Continue Reading
I am not afraid to die. Any time will do, I don’t mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There’s no reason for it — you’ve got to do it sometime. Gerry O’Driscoll was the doorman at Abbey Road… Continue Reading
I offer for your consideration a very recent case decided by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, Wagner v. Jones. The question here is — can a public university legitimately discriminate in the hiring of an employee based on the… Continue Reading
Here’s a hard truth in life: sometimes the bad guys win. Sometimes, they have to. That’s a big part of what the case of Fletcher v. Peck (1810) 10 U.S. (6 Cranch) 87 teaches us. The Treaty of Paris resolved… Continue Reading
I’m at place that I didn’t know was legal in the city of Colosse or the state of Delosa: A coffee and tobacco bar. Smoking has been banned from most public establishments for at least half a decade now. But… Continue Reading
Via Alex Knapp’s Twitter, an article in the New York Times about electronic devices in takeoffs and landings: When EMT Labs put an Amazon Kindle through a number of tests, the company consistently found that this e-reader emitted less than… Continue Reading
Someone who owes somebody some money used to have our phone number (assuming they didn’t choose it at random). We no longer answer calls from “Toll Free” because I’m tired of being pestered by Mike Huckabee and Steve Forbes about… Continue Reading
I’m touring the Southland visiting family and friends. Research takes time and stuff.
This makes me want to root for the San Francisco 49ers. Except if they play Green Bay, because, come on. But word up for Braylon Edwards, shelling out at least $800,000 of a $1,000,000 salary in scholarships for Cleveland-area children… Continue Reading