What literary work is called to mind by listing these entertainers, some obscure and some legendary, some alive and some dead, of various nationalities, in this particular order? Rebekah Brandes Roddy McDowall Max Von Sydow Courtney Love Glenn Shadix Mel Blanc… Continue Reading
I have some idea of what at least three lawyers went through this morning when the FBI seized the three largest and most profitable online poker and gambling websites and indicted eleven executives for money laundering. I had a business… Continue Reading
There are some areas of inquiry and discussion that are inherently difficult because you can’t say anything at all without inviting a whole series of emotional responses to them. Those emotional responses, in turn, could only be reasonably expected to… Continue Reading
You can’t believe everything you read on the Internet. Obama has produced his birth certificate. There were announcements that ran in two contemporaneous Hawaiian newspapers at the time. The head of the Hawaiian medical records has announced, ‘I have seen… Continue Reading
The list begins thus: Fenwick Island The Mason-Dixon Line Cape May Point …and then it goes on for quite some time. What is the last entry on this list?
Terry Jones knew, or should have known, that burning a Koran here in the United States would cause riots in places like Afghanistan. He did burn a Koran, and riots did happen, and people died. Legally, Terry Jones broke no… Continue Reading
Roger Williams’ concept of “separation of church and state” first became a part of Establishment Clause jurisprudence in Reynolds v. U.S., 98 U.S. 145 (1878), and became incorporated to and applicable to the several states by way of the Fourteenth Amendment in Everson… Continue Reading
What is the significance of this list of women’s first names? Anna Carol Clarabella Eleanor Julia Lizzy Lucille Lucy Madonna Mary Jane Michelle Prudence Rita Sadie Sally Yoko As far as I can tell, this is an exhaustive list.
Seeing games on TV while out at lunch on opening day yesterday inspired me to look into getting a baseball game for my PC. What I’m really interested in is the experience of managing the baseball team. In fact, I… Continue Reading
Well, it’s really because I am fat, but the fact that gravity is stronger there than here at home can’t possibly help. And to my great displeasure, I learn that indeed, my being overweight will result in the Euros sneering… Continue Reading