Monday, June 25, a week from today, is expected to be the Big Opinion Drop at the United States Supreme Court. The tea leaf readers are predicting a 5-4 decision, with Anthony Kennedy providing the decisive vote, striking down at least… Continue Reading
In a move that, if not intentionally calculated to polarize the electorate, might as well have been, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced an order aimed primarily at U.S. Immigrations and Custom Enforcement, by which “low-priority” undocumented persons will effectively… Continue Reading
Every now and again I look at Clancy’s hospital’s employment page. It’s unlikely that I would actually get a job there, but it’s a source of interest all the same. They recently had a job posting for a Health Information… Continue Reading
It’s actually a kind of funny question for me to be asking since, well, I’m not. It’s summer and so my substitute teaching gig is at an end. My telecommuting job from last year evaporated. I’ve been keeping an eye… Continue Reading
Mrs. Likko and I were watching our neighbors’ house and pets while they were away on a few days’ trip. It’s reciprocal; they looked after our animals while we were at LeagueFest. We all save a lot of money on kennel… Continue Reading
It’s a long story, but Clancy and I are still trying to get out 5-figure tax refund from 2010. They claim to have sent the check, but we never received it. The next step in the process is to fill… Continue Reading
In his essays about Fox News and MSNBC, Tod was impressed by Rachel Maddow’s handling of the voting rights issue and how efforts to crack down on voting end up disenfranchising legitimate voters. I was recently reading up on the… Continue Reading
One of the reasons I’m (slowly) working my way through the great and politically important cases in the Supreme Court’s history can be seen in high relief in a New York Times/CBS poll released today: Just 44 percent of Americans… Continue Reading
Erik’s post on pop culture and conservatism reminded me of something I meant to write about but almost forgot. This involves spoilers of the first episode of the new TV show Scandal, a political drama. One of my observations about… Continue Reading
While talking to Pat Cahalan in Las Vegas, he talked about stopping in a town where I used to live and getting completely unacceptable Mexican food. This came as a bit of a surprise to me because I found the… Continue Reading