Once upon a time, I had a client from Another Land Far Beyond The Seas, who was a tetraphobe. He hired me because neither my bar number, my firm’s address, nor its telephone number contained the number four, nor did… Continue Reading
Don’t miss fellow-sub-Ordinary Alex Knapp’s continuing coverage of the results of the “faster-than-lightspeed” experiments in Italy. (Despite Forbes’ well-nigh impossible commenting system, which has prevented me from commenting on many of Erik Kain’s posts there.)
If you aren’t already reading Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, what the hell’s wrong with you? He’s consistently funny, witty, smart, and cynical. Everything you could hope for in a webcomic. Plus he does live-action skits! This is his best skit… Continue Reading
I’ve opined several times before that the legal concept of “standing” should be interpreted broadly, particularly in the realm of Constitutional law, with an eye towards encouraging litigation of disputes on their merits. Too often the courts choose to attack… Continue Reading
My bio indiates that I enjoy good wine and bad science fiction movies. I got the double-shot yesterday. We’ll begin with a nice pinot grigio, Arca Maggiore ’10. My friends favor sweet wines and I prefer them dry, so a… Continue Reading
I like football. People who help football teams win games contribute to the enjoyability of our popular culture and can be celebrated as such. Joe Paterno, as a coach, made Penn State football exciting and fun to watch. He knows… Continue Reading
Liberals, conservatives, Democrats, Republicans… surely everyone can agree that this, at least, is something President Obama ought to do. So here, at last, is a whitehouse.gov petition that all Americans can get behind.
Every once in a while, you come across people purporting to tell you all about the best burgers anywhere. I’m sure they’re all great. Here’s how you can make the best burger anywhere, at home, for a fraction of the… Continue Reading
There have been some stresses at work recently. Some unusual, some usual. Today’s stresses came on heavy. My paralegal commented that she had never, in the six years I’ve been at this law firm, seen me as angry as I… Continue Reading
Illinois leads the fifty United States with six five of these things, half two of them in Chicago. New York State has five of them, all in New York City (in fact, I think all of them are in Manhattan).… Continue Reading