Today’s shooting of a U.S. Representative and a U.S. District Court Judge in Tuscon, Arizona, is obviously terrible news. The Congresswoman in question had her office vandalized after her vote in favor of healthcare reform* but it’s not really clear… Continue Reading
My firm’s probate practice requires us to frequently deal with people who are facing death. Sometimes it’s their own, sometimes it’s a loved one’s; sometimes the death is in the future and sometimes it is in the immediate past. One… Continue Reading
To say that the Presidency of Barack Obama has been a disaster from a governmental restraint perspective is the understatement of the century. Granted, the century is still young. But can anyone doubt that Terry Michael’s claims that libertarians should… Continue Reading
The plaintiff, Clay Greene claims that he was forcibly separated from Harold Scull, his partner of twenty-five years, with whom he had made a home for twenty, and with whom he was still deeply in love. Greene he was put… Continue Reading
The blogger known as Jon Swift has passed away. His blog was quite possibly the funniest on the entire interent. All you had to know was the tagline: “I am a reasonable conservative who likes to write about politics and… Continue Reading
To begin this tenth edition of Weekend Weirdness, I give you tens. Tens of weird commercials. Ten half minutes of a guy in a chicken suit playing “What is Love?” from Ring Mod on Vimeo. Okay, “ten half minutes” is… Continue Reading
Inspired by this post over at Hit Coffee, I should point out two things that are good about the two municipal governments that I have noticed recently. First, Soffit House is located on the very edge, but still within the municipal… Continue Reading
Yes, it happens to us all. Here’s proof. Man, Brendan Fraser looks like me! Sick with the swine flu because no one will give you a vaccination? Well, don’t let that stop you from getting your buzz on! You’ve fantasized… Continue Reading
Just ask the family of Jennifer Strange, who died of hyponatremia, also called “water intoxication,” as a result of participating in a radio contest called “Hold Your Wee For A Wii” up in Sacramento two years ago. She was 28… Continue Reading
I’m not doing heavy blogging this week, but I would be remiss to not note the passing of Mary Travers, of the popular folk band Peter, Paul and Mary. She was (still is) one of my mother’s heroes and I… Continue Reading