While we in the USA take our democracy-within-a-republic very much for granted, we should not. It only takes a look across the Atlantic to our allies, trading partners, and friends in Europe to see people who look and act very… Continue Reading
…Or, reason #1,553 why I do not practice family law. The bit about the youngest daughter seeing the babysitter coming out of the shower wearing nothing but a towel and lying down in bed with the father is perhaps the… Continue Reading
Allow me to heartily, politely, and respectfully endorse this upcoming rally in Washington D.C. If I happen to be there for some reason on October 30, 2010, I’ll be the one carrying this sign: Of course, if I’ve no other… Continue Reading
Once upon a time, I was involved with politics, on the right-of-center side of things, and interested in helping search for the issues of the future and the new solutions to those issues that the conservative movement could help bring… Continue Reading
At a booze-enhanced social gathering a couple weeks ago, I met a woman who had been convicted of some kind of Federal drug offense. She was pleasant enough to talk to but when she found out I was a lawyer,… Continue Reading
Thanks to Reader Maxwell James for pointing out this article, which lends a remarkable perspective to a matter which has caused so many people so much anguish recently. If the Maggie Halberman/Ben Smith article is right, the Park51 project to… Continue Reading
Allow me to point you Readers to an article at Slate Salon chronicling the evolution of the “Mosque right on top of two blocks from Ground Zero” controversy. From its inception until less than four months ago, Cordoba House project… Continue Reading
While you sleep, you sweat, and that leaves water in your mattress. Unmade beds dry faster than made beds because the water has more places to escape to the air. So if you make your bed every morning, you’ll wind… Continue Reading
Yesterday I didn’t know who Justin Bieber was — why would I? But Google educated me in about ten seconds, enabling me to fully understand a joke on the internet. Today I find out that the annoyingly long-haired moppet minstrel… Continue Reading
Amusing and insightful, the way good satire ought to be.