I just got off the phone with a “pollster.” I put the word “pollster” in quotes because I’m relatively sure that they were working for one of the campaigns in the Garvin/Wannemaker* race. They breezed through all of my thoughts… Continue Reading
Bring a rural doctor, my wife knew going in that it would be different than what she’s done before. When we were in Deseret, there would periodically be a patient of hers that would run into us at Walmart and… Continue Reading
Today is Mrs. Likko’s birthday. And for her birthday I shall come home, put a gin and tonic in her, and take her to our backyard paradise where she will sit comfortably and be waited upon by her husband, who shall… Continue Reading
The second-most popular search term bringing people to Not A Potted Plant today is “Heal Foreskin With Prayer.” Through Him all things are possible, I suppose. Let me know how that works out for you, dudes.
In a post, and then in a comment thread about the Electoral College, Ryan Noonan develops the idea that the original intent of the Electoral College was for informed, educated people of diverse backgrounds, who hail from around the country,… Continue Reading
United States v. Alvarez — Ninth Circuit affirmed, the Stolen Valor Act is unconstitutional. Breakdown is Concurrence plurality by Kennedy, joined by Roberts, Ginsburg. Breyer and Kagan suggest that statute could be re-written to comply with First Amendment, meaning someone in Congress… Continue Reading
In response to an OTB post (originally about work-life balance, but turning towards decision points and regrets), Rob in CT wrote: I will admit to some second-guessing over an offer my father once made to me: 1) go to one… Continue Reading
As most of you know, I come from a southern heritage. None moreso than the branch of my family that comes from the north. How my grandmother ended up in the south is a long story, but once there, the… Continue Reading
College football has finally acquiesced to a playoff. I’ll be honest, though, that I don’t fully understand how it’s going to work: The group of presidents also endorsed a rotation of the semifinal games among six bowl sites and a… Continue Reading
If it was a USAF jet that was shot down over international waters instead of a Turkish jet, there would be calls to reduce every airstrip in Syria into pools of still-quivering molten glass. But it was a Turkish jet and… Continue Reading