Author: Burt Likko

Coin collectors take notice! 31 USC § 5112(k) reads: The Secretary [of the Treasury] may mint and issue platinum bullion coins and proof platinum coins in accordance with such specifications, designs, varieties, quantities, denominations, and inscriptions as the Secretary, in… Continue Reading →

While this Great Case is well out of chronological sequence for my itinerant progress on the project, I’ve volunteered to do this one now to be part of the League of Ordinary Gentlemen’s symposium on Guns in America. You can read… Continue Reading →

Last year, I was too busy to make predictions. I only made one, and I was right: Mitt Romney was indeed the Republican nominee for President. I never got around to making any others. This year, I’ll make a few… Continue Reading →

Note: this movie was directed by the same guy who thought it would be a good idea to do a frame-by-frame remake of Psycho. So — what new movies have you all seen lately?

Tagg Romney claims that his father Mitt never really wanted to be President anyway. Dude’s been running for President since 2006. Endured some pretty unpleasant stuff along the way. He didn’t do that because he felt obliged to.

So my bright idea was to make peanut brittle to exchange with our neighbors. Three pounds of roasted, lightly salted peanuts, five pounds of sugar, a quart of corn syrup, a lot of boiled water, and two sticks of butter… Continue Reading →

A vendor dropped off some (promotional) gifts for attorneys and paralegals. Coffee mugs with his company’s logo and phone number, filled with candy. Everybody wins: my vendor gets to advertise to his customers, and he builds goodwill because, hey, we all… Continue Reading →

  Now that an authority figure, a world leader, an elected head of state has bit the bullet and bravely told us a frightening truth, that really sort of puts that whole “fiscal Cliffpocalypsemageddonacaust” thing in perspective. Now, you may know a… Continue Reading →