Decided in the same year as McCulloch v. Maryland, Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward is often studied by law students for its interpretation of the Contract Clause and the Court’s ruling that states may not interfere with private contracts. In essence,… Continue Reading
I will not stress about the summary judgment motion. It will wait until Monday. If I repeat this to myself long enough, it will become true. For now, I can sit in my back yard and enjoy the finches and… Continue Reading
At the moment of this post’s publication, in 1969, human beings began walking on the surface of the moon, for the first time — and they came home safely. That’s a pretty damn remarkable achievement, and one still worth celebrating… Continue Reading
Last night Mrs. Likko and I Netflix’ed this charmingly silly creature feature. It was the second highly enjoyable Norwegian movie I’ve seen this year. The film winked along with the audience without being ironic about it. Against initially worrisome opening scenes,… Continue Reading
I sprung the five bucks for Wi-fi access on the plane. Am I the only one who thinks that it’s incredibly cool that I can be connected to the Internet and track my flight progress by it in real time,… Continue Reading
I went to my uncle’s funeral after all. I’m very glad I did. But let the record reflect that my Catholic relatives and their churches throw better funerals than my evangelical relatives and their churches. The evangelicals were friendly and… Continue Reading
This young lady feels sorry for herself because her full time well paying writing job does not afford her the adventure and glamour of a TV show’s heroine. I know lots of people who would say she’s flat out made… Continue Reading
I suspect this will be an easy one this week. Ron Brown1, Stephen Colbert2, Vernon Davis3, Duke Ellington4, Al Gore, Jr.5, Gilbert Grosvenor6, Alyson Hannigan7, Samuel L. Jackson7, Byron Leftwich3, Justin Theroux7. 1 The deceased former Secretary of Commerce. 2… Continue Reading
My uncle died this weekend in a senseless auto-versus-bicycle collision. His funeral is Thursday, in Wisconsin. I truly do thank you my Readers in advance for your sympathies. But I do not write today to seek sympathy for the loss. I… Continue Reading
It’s amazing to me that kindergarten remains a controversial subject, but a specimen in one of those great laboratories of governmental ideas, the state legislatures, has managed to come up with this… I went to the Department of Education and… Continue Reading