If you believe this study, the entire human race was reduced to a population of something like 2,000 people about 70,000 years ago. The near-extinction of humanity was, it is suggested, caused by a massive drought. That’s a pretty dramatic… Continue Reading
This is about the most horrible story out of New York I’ve seen in a long time. It’s very hard to opine on the verdict, not knowing all the facts of why the police began shooting at these men who… Continue Reading
My bullshit meter is reading pretty high on this one. But here’s the story; it’s all over the Internets and has caused the Yale Daily News website to go down from the traffic spike: An art student at Yale claims… Continue Reading
No bell-bottom sightings at this time, but I’m starting to see more similarities than differences. Consider: The dollar is weak. Monopoly-money weak. We’re in a lingering, indecisive, expensive, and still-dangerous tail end of a protracted foreign war, in which the… Continue Reading
Okay, all you law school people out there. Finals are coming up soon. Here’s the law, District of Columbia Statute 22-1321: Whoever, with intent to provoke a breach of the peace, or under circumstances such that a breach of the… Continue Reading
The new District Attorney in Dallas County, Texas, thinks that his job and that of his office is to pursue and advance the interests of justice. This means that from time to time, a prosecution will be dropped or not… Continue Reading
Every time I sit in small claims court – and many times I’m in the audience during it – I will think of this idea. Some of the cases really do seem like jokes, so why not treat them, literally,… Continue Reading
You probably realize that you haven’t seen it all just yet. But watch the video and you’ll be one closer. It’s amazing what turns some people on. If you’re still trying to figure out how it works, ask yourself where… Continue Reading
To follow up on a current event I wrote about a few days ago, it seems that a lot of public pressure can sometimes change the way a big company thinks and acts. When every major news agency demonstrates to… Continue Reading
Also in today’s Fish Wrapper, you can read about the Supreme Court taking on a case in which local public officials have not bowed to the inevitable (as they did in Cumberland County, Tennessee) – Pleasant Grove City v. Summum.… Continue Reading