John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963)
Tomorrow, November 22, marks the 55th anniversary of President Kennedy’s assassination in downtown Dallas, Texas. He was 46 years old. If Kennedy […]
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Cultural Appropriation, much?
“A living language….needs above all else constant transactions of new blood from other tongues. The day the gates go up, that is […]
Sound Post-Midterms Advice. Overstatements are Bad. Avoid Them.
Being part-Irish like me is a gift. Mainly. But overstatements for lawyers at work are Mainly Bad. True, they can be hilarious. […]
Last Night’s Midterm Election Results.
So what did you think? I expected Dems to do better in the 2018 midterms. The House shift to DEM I expected””and […]
Vote anyway, Campers.
If voting changed anything, they’d make it illegal. –Emma Goldman (1869″“1940) Anarchist, Activist, Writer, Leader, Bad-Ass.
78 Basic Things Long-Divorced American Lawyers Know.
Paris 1952: Willy Maywald, Mannequin en tailleur quai Saint-Michel. 1. Never swive anyone named Zoe, Brigit or Natasha. 2. Let no one […]
Pittsburgh’s Democratic Elite Screwed Up. Big Time.
“Being right is expensive,” a brilliant friend always says. May be my favorite expression after “Go Braves/Blue Devils.” And here’s a great […]
Semi-profundity on Down Friends.
“ªYou always join or help when folks are under attack. “¬ “ªThat’s how you build empires while not being a pussy. “¬
Women are Talented/Women are Headcases.
Query re: “affirmative action” workplace feminism. Shouldn’t we stop (a) celebrating and advancing women as having the same abilities as men but””and […]
Women?
When are we going to stop (a) celebrating and advancing women as having the same abilities as men but””and at the same […]
Sandra Day O’Connor
I unexpectedly met her in DC about week before her swearing in. Smart yes but she had this great EveryMom persona. She […]
My first jury trial.
I second-chaired my first jury trial and only insurance defense trial defending Burger King. I was a 2nd year DC associate right […]
How about this, survivors?
How about this? 1. No one deserves to be believed. 2. America cherishes evidence, reason & due process. 3. Let’s not use […]
Kavanaugh Week One.
Too early for “deplorables” to get cocky, Detroit Mensa Girlfriend, but fancy coastal progressives, colleges & profs are now alienating lots of […]
Kavanaugh is sworn in.
The new feminism and #MeToo makes it too easy for mediocre people to destroy great ones. That must stop.
Wordsworth on Writing.
Writing–any kind of writing–is hard work. The most inspired “work moments” I’ve had are in this category: watching someone struggle with getting […]
Equinox: Druid much?
Ah, the Autumnal Equinox. Cultures and religions worldwide do get weird this time of year. They always have. It’s called Mabon, Foghar, […]
Easy does it.
Oppression””Hurting Poors and Planet””is a stern task-master. Stressful. Once a month you should take a day off, wear a lavender shirt, act […]
Unions
Why don’t people like Unions? Good question. In my first factory job in the 1970s one summer””at Keebler’s””I was a member of […]
Speech
I think free word choice””knowing that we are not constrained””goes to human consciousness itself. Put another way, if Speech (and I mean […]
Free Speech Friday
It’s #FreeSpeechFriday Forget about “elevating” Speech. That turned into Tyranny. Expand Speech first. Elevate Speech later. Get off your knees. Please.
Impeachment.
Americans, like juries, are not dumb; they will always surprise you. Impeachment attempts by those who wanted to impeach the POTUS even […]
Peter Paul Rubens: He loved a great feast.
The Feast of Venus, circa 1630-1640. By Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Flemish Baroque Painter, Diplomat, Charmer, Father, Husband, Savvy Businessman, Fluent in […]
Trump Teflon Syndrome
When nothing “bad” happens to Trump””neither legally nor constitutionally””Trump Derangement Syndrome will reach peak levels & hold there a while. It will […]
Nature is Good.
908. Men and Women “sexually objectifying” one another is natural, fun and one of the great joys of Human Life. Keep doing […]
I miss Hop Sing.
Remember Hop Sing, the Ponderosa’s cook in Bonanza? Remember how if you cut Hop Sing’s pigtail off he couldn’t go to Heaven? […]
Speech, Women, Beauty and Truth.
It’s #FreeSpeechFriday. Find a great-looking well-dressed woman at work, on the way to work, in an elevator, on the streets. Tell her […]
More on Speech Peasants/Slaves.
Every American is still a Speech Peasant. Me. You. SJWs. Conservatives. Left. Right. Center. Everyone. We all bought into PC. Speech, Expression […]