Apparently, the Governator will today propose selling San Quentin State Prison. And the Los Angeles Colosseum, and the Cow Palace, and a few other choice properties owned by the state. All in the hopes of generating up to a billion… 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
You turn into a skid. You put out a fire in your mouth by putting it deeper in your mouth. These things are counter-intuitive. But they work. On the other hand, you slow down when you’re speeding at a concrete… Continue Reading
On the one hand, it’s pretty clear that there needs to be a profound shakeup at General Motors. Rick Waggoner has run the company into the ground — perhaps he was overtaken by forces much larger than the company, but… Continue Reading
Barack Obama not only says he’s against marijuana decriminalization, he dismisses the idea as unserious and unworthy of discussion. He is wrong and worse, his tone likely set the idea back years. Hope and change, people. Hope and change. Congressional… Continue Reading
There are apparently people who are considering, with straight faces and serious, self-righteous attitudes, prohibiting new vehicles sold in California from being painted black. Why? Black cars cause more smog. No, seriously. Stop laughing. This is real. See, black colored… Continue Reading
First, some Constitutional vocabulary. A “bill of attainder” is a law that punishes specific individuals without benefit of trial. A “taking” is when the government takes something from you without “due process of law,” which usually means either giving you… Continue Reading
Or so says President Obama. I seem to recall President Bush saying similar things about his FEMA director immediately after Katrina, his Secretary of Defense and other Iraq policy architects, and his Attorneys General. But the thing is, the shitstorm… Continue Reading
The British government is worried about economic deflation. Deflation, as in money becoming too valuable as compared to the goods and services for which it is exchanged. And damn, did they find an effective way to fight that. The Bank… Continue Reading
I heard this story last night on NPR. It started out with a couple of cheerleaders at this high school in suburban Denver. They were goofing off and one thing leads to another and they decided to take a shower… Continue Reading