Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
We are coming down to the last few hours of trial preparation. From here on out it’s just a stamina game. I hope to be home around 8 o’clock my time, at which point I can write some more. If not, this is the open thread for the rest of
Continue readingBad times make for good political cartoons. (Thanks to Caped Crusader, of course.)
Continue readingJust when I think I’ve seen all the great posters and cartoons out there, Caped Crusader sends me more:
Continue readingWhat better thing to do with a window of time than to post an illustrated edition. Yay (and thanks to Caped Crusader, of course)!
Continue readingSee that lovely picture to the left? That’s me. Between work and insomnia, I’ve been burning the candle at both ends and, Edna St. Vincent Millay to the contrary, I am not making a lovely light. I’m making a tired, bedraggled dim little smudge of of an almost-burnt-out bulb kind
Continue readingI am doing some serious boasting right now: I’m off to hear Trevor Loudon! Woo-hoo! He’s a lovely man and a wonderful speaker. I know I’ll have a lot to say after this luncheon. For now, I’m simply catching up on all the stuff that fell by the wayside while
Continue readingI’m still buried under a bit of legal work. Today is the final deadline for most of it, though, so I anticipate getting my life back around 3:00 this afternoon. Until then, please enjoy this Open Thread.
Continue readingThere is a big filing due tomorrow in the case on which I am working. We all thought we were prepared but, as is always the case, there’s more work than one thinks. I’ve had to put everything aside today, except for taking my mom to the doctor, in order
Continue readingUPDATE: Sadly, the reports of Khamenei’s death appear to be premature. It appears that Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, may be dead. What will this mean for Obama’s planned grand bargain? I am insufficiently knowledgeable about the inner workings of Iran’s government to know whether the transition to a new “Supreme
Continue readingThis is so short I’ll eschew headings. It’s an effort to be a Thomas Sowell-esque grab bag of pertinent observations, although I’m handicapped by the fact that I lack both his wit and his erudition. For the past many months, my Progressive friends on Facebook have been completely silent about
Continue readingThe following passage is from Dorothy L. Sayer’s Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery Book 12), first published in 1935. If you substitute ISIS, LGBTQETC rights, Rape Culture, Amnesty, Black Lives Matter, etc., it sounds remarkably modern: “Three hundred years ago it mattered comparatively little. But now that you have the
Continue readingI always love the posters and cartoons Caped Crusader sends me, but I think this batch is exceptionally good. You won’t regret taking the time to check out these pithy pearls of wisdom.
Continue readingLast year I had virtually no work; this year, if the pace keeps up, I’ll be working almost full time. Frankly, I preferred no work. Fortunately — and the lawyers amongst you will appreciate this — I’m getting access to Westlaw again, and won’t be trapped in Lexis hell. When
Continue readingWith the usual heartfelt thanks to Caped Crusader:
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