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Third-Wave Feminism’s Sad Swan Song.
An interesting thing about the Backlash Against Feminism? It’s fueled by ex-Feminist men like me. Even more interesting? Most Feminists and Social […]
Southern District Parable: Slick Lawyer Answers to Lazy Lawyer Interrogatories.
“The Lawyers”, 1855, Honoré Daumier (1808-1879) Written discovery practice shouldn’t be a joke. But as business trial lawyers, litigators and in-house counsel […]
Social Media? It should improve–not take the place of–Real Life, you Dorks.
Two things: A. Don’t all call or visit at once. But I implore all of you Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and other Social […]
Where in the World is Partner Emeritus?
A recent dispatch from my friend Partner Emeritus, who for political reasons is touring familiar points south and scouting residential properties: Dan, […]
What do you really know about Jerry Springer, folks?
I often think about Jerry Springer. Yeah, that Jerry Springer. Pre-TV circus fame, Springer was a talented lawyer, gifted politician, civil rights […]
Full text of May 17, 2017 DDC pro-2nd Amendment Decision.
Well-written plain English opinion yesterday U.S. District Judge Richard. R. Leon. DDC May 17, 2016 handgun decision
Congressional Internships in Washington, D.C.?
Congressional Internships in DC? Jobs for undergraduates in the Senate and House Office buildings? Where are they? How do you get them? […]
Hoosier Daddy?
Yesterday Donald Trump took the Indiana POTUS primary and he’s the GOP guy. Frankly, America could do a lot worse. And flip […]
Quick Note on Maleness, Donald Trump & Real Life.
For years I’ve dissed the West’s Great Neutering, in my case a discovery based primarily on the increase in younger effeminate but […]
Kubrick: Communication breakdown, it’s always the same.
Lyrics in post’s title by J. Bonham, J. Jones, J. Patrick. (Flames of Albion Music, Inc.)
Partner Emeritus, We Love You Long Time.
At his new home at ATL Surrogate this week, Partner Emeritus discussed mindfulness: These days, I practice mindfulness by going to an […]
POTUS Elections Past. A genuinely savage person: We need more Peter Sheridans.
From Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72: What happened, according to Chitty, was that “the Boohoo reached up from the […]
Waterboarding is torture again?
CIA Director John Brennan is wrong. Whether or not waterboarding is “torture,” it and other harsh interrogation techniques have their time and […]
A 6 ft. bronze statue of Commodore John Barry stands in Franklin Square (Washington, D.C.) (on Franklin Square between I and K […]
On Wisconsin: POTUS primaries, healthy defeats & real life.
While Trump and Clinton are my favorite GOP and Democratic Party candidates, I think it’s good that both suffered defeats in Wisconsin […]
Heroes: WFB2
He was not always my favorite thinker–but William Frank Buckley, Jr. (1925-2008) was one of the greatest men in my lifetime. I […]
Happy 71st birthday, Eric Patrick Clapton.
Happy (Belated) 71st Birthday Eric Patrick “God” Clapton (b. March 30 1945). I first heard you on Yardbirds tracks I started collecting […]
Happy Saturday, campers. Still on Maggie’s Farm?
I ain’t gonna work for Maggie’s ma no more. No, I ain’t gonna work for Maggie’s ma no more. Well, she talks […]
Anna Marie Duke (1946-2016)
Today we lost someone authentic and great. Patty Duke, 69, was way more than an Oscar winner, television icon and child film […]
Easter?
Today is a day of Renewal and Rebirth in several traditions and cultures. Today is a day when every home should have […]
Another first century messiah. This one endured.
How did an illiterate and very likely married young Jewish day laborer from a Galilean backwater who rose up against an entrenched […]
The T Word: Fear & Loathing on a Southern Campus.
Coca Cola-built Emory University was once a great notion. See Susan Svrluga’s piece in the Washington Post this morning: “Someone wrote “˜Trump […]
Happy Spring, all you Druids out there.
Today, Sunday March 20th, is the Spring Equinox for 2016. Also called the Vernal Equinox, it’s an astronomical event in which the […]
Credit where credit is due: Hillary Rodham Clinton, you are one tough Baby Boomer.
See Quartz this morning: “On a Roll: Hillary Clinton looks unstoppable after winning Ohio, Florida, and North Carolina.” Credit where credit is […]
Is International Women’s Day over yet?
I’m so tired of celebrating everyone on the planet but me and mine. Especially women–as if they were lacking in gifts, talent […]