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Illinois leads the fifty United States with six five of these things, half two of them in Chicago. New York State has five of them, all in New York City (in fact, I think all of them are in Manhattan).… Continue Reading →

Andy Rooney retired from writing and delivering essays on 60 Minutes on October 5, 2011. On November 4, 2011, he died, at the age of 92. Working at a law firm where we do a lot trusts and wills, it’s… Continue Reading →

[The names of the city and schools have been changed.] Yesterday, I had what was the worst substitute teaching experience of my relatively short career. There was no single event, but rather it was one thing after all day long.… Continue Reading →

In an exchange Tuesday up on the main page, wardsmith asked me if I thought voters had a right to privacy. I smelled a rhetorical trap coming because the answer seemed so obvious — and, quite frankly, the exchange happened… Continue Reading →

I’m getting ready to throw the End-Of-Prohibition Party. So of course I’m thinking of old standards. Bear in mind that the original of this one was in 1928 in German, but didn’t make it into English until the New York… Continue Reading →

Client comes in for a first-time consult. Does not have a situation at all. Very slim possibility that if person X does action Y to the client, and company Z fails to respond appropriately, and if Mercury rises in Aquarius… Continue Reading →

The man is a god to trivia geeks everywhere. But last week he made a surprising public declaration. And look how he’s been reduced in circumstance: (Seriously, I’d be willing to walk a mile in his moccasins. Wouldn’t you?)

You may recall a bit from a couple weeks ago concerning the cross atop the municipal water tower in Whitesville, Tennessee. I thought the Mayor’s reaction to the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s lawsuit threat misued the word “terrorist,” and the… Continue Reading →

It takes four Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court to bring a case onto the docket. Typically when fewer than four indicate they want to review a case, the case dies a quiet death and no one pays attention. It’s very… Continue Reading →

A few days ago I listed Mike McClure’s “Foam” album as one of the greats (as an album). Then a little later, I mentioned my short tenure as a courier for the US Census Bureau. As luck would have it,… Continue Reading →