Now, most people, at least in Southern California, were well aware that the Los Angeles Lakers were in the first game of the conference finals, managing a two-point win after a bunch of hard calls. (Whiners will complain that the… Continue Reading
Sorry, Matt — Oprah Winfrey would not make a good Supreme Court Justice. Sure, she has compassion, and yes, she’d be a reliable pro-choice vote. Having a background in the entertainment industry, she may have some understanding of copyright and… Continue Reading
It was only a couple of weeks ago that Utah’s Governor, Jon Huntsman, came up on the national radar as a potential rival to Barack Obama’s eventual re-election bid in 2012. Huntsman is young, competent, articulate, and appears to be… Continue Reading
Stumbling around the net tonight, I came across this bit of propaganda from Newt Gingrich — he is objecting to the domestic release of Guantanamo Bay prisoners, ethnic Uighurs who would otherwise be returned to the People’s Republic of China.… Continue Reading
Sometimes when I serve as a small claims judge, I get opposing parties telling me things that are simply contradictory. I try to give both of them the benefit of the doubt, understanding that different people sometimes view the same… Continue Reading
I wrote earlier today–facetiously–about California solving its budget problems by abdicating its statehood and reverting to territorial status, thereby punting the whole budget mess out to Washington. A very silly idea. But. If that happened, I rather doubt that California… Continue Reading
When I see stuff like this, it makes me want to throw my hands up in despair and change my party’s registration. Not just the “Democrat Socialist Party” resolution, although that is at once profoundly silly, unnecessarily offensive, and ultimately… Continue Reading
Despite her apparent corruptibility, at least Jane Harman had the cojones to object to torture when she learned about it in 2003. Nancy Pelosi and her aides cannot make the same claim. Instead, they were worried about observing “legislative formalities”… Continue Reading
Working in the legal industry often exposes me to situations where I am listening to a client convey a tale of woe and suffering, one in which everybody involved (except my interlocutor) has gone out of their way to be… Continue Reading
Dick Cheney at least has the intellectual honesty to say, “Yeah, I knew about torture, and I’m glad we did it.” Not that I excuse that — it’s a morally reprehensible position. Nancy Pelosi, though, was briefed about the torture… Continue Reading