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Michael Tennesen’s ‘The Next Species’: After the Earth’s next mass extinction, what will life here look like, anyway?
There have always been mass extinctions since Earth started out–about six so far–and Earth needs to have them. In his new book […]
American Religion.
Ellen Bry: Stamford girl makes good in “Lost and Found Family” Finally, an American movie: one for people who go to church, […]
Fear and Loathing in Zurich: Ms. Lynch busts FIFA.
Copy of FIFA indictment courtesy New York Times. Some 40 years ago thought 18 USC sections 1961-1968 had a limited utility and […]
The pluck, verve & class of one Robert Jellison: Week #879 of DIRECT eZine for Democrats.
The truth? Anyone of any political persuasion interested in American national politics can and does subscribe to the enduring weekly collection of […]
The aroma of a life lived in harmony with high ideals.
I am proud of 3 things in my life: 1. I’ve never been to Las Vegas. 2. Except for jeans and my […]
Happy 87, Big John.
Happy 87th, Big John. May 17, 1928 – December 27, 2012. A stick in me hand and a tear in me eye […]
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Is it American trial season, or what? We have fewer civil trials–in both American state trial courts and federal district courts–than we […]
What if the Internet was just an important tool–but not the main event?
If you ever feel that way–I do almost every day–consider reading Tom Keen’s The Internet is not the Answer. This is an […]
Writing and publishing: What about crowdsourcing?
Authors who have tried but failed to get published–including current legions of brilliant writers no one will ever read if publishing industry […]
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On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 3:26 PM, J. Daniel Hull wrote: Yesterday, I wrote a post (here) criticizing a lawyer, Jeena […]
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Yesterday, I wrote a post (here) criticizing a lawyer who writes about and peddles the ware of “mindfulness.” My criticisms are not […]
An apology to Jeena Cho.
Yesterday, I wrote a post (here) criticizing a lawyer, Jeena Cho, who writes about and promotes the ideas of civility, emotional intelligence, […]
Mindfulness, Law Day and the Politeness Police.
Good morning, and Kumbayah in the Highest, everyone. Let’s shoot another duck, another well-meaning but spectacularly clueless article purporting to be about […]
TNR piece: Elite colleges these days get you to Bourgeoisieville.
Here’s an imperfect but ballsy article in The New Republic I wish I had written. “Elite Universities Are Turning Our Kids Into […]
More on Wankspeak: Shooting Your Email.
Can we please stop saying “shoot you an email”? It’s like GI Joe watched CNBC by mistake or something. How about “send” […]
Last night I finished Supreme Ambitions, David Lat’s first novel.
Supreme Ambitions, David Lat, Hardback, December 2014, ABA, 284 pages, $18.00. Not only can the protracted lawyer-blogger phenom known as David Lat […]
“Cowed,” the Book. Might as well face it we’re addicted to, yes, cows.
Tomorrow, April 22, is Earth Day. It was the idea over 45 years ago of a Wisconsin lawyer, outdoorsman and ex-governor named […]
Bravo, National Park Service, Actors and Historians on 10th Street Vigil for 150th Lincoln anniversary.
See The Washington Post this week.
150th Anniversary of Lee’s surrender to Grant.
On April 9, 1865, America passed its first big test squaring its ideals with its actual performance as a young democracy when […]
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Hillary really running? At this point, I hope it’s true. 1. It’s her “turn”. And yes that means something in the US. […]
Training Video on Millennials in the Workplace.
Hat tip to the peripatetic Scott Greenfield at Simple Justice, and his post Return of the Happy, where I saw the below […]
Crowdsourcing Double Bridge Publishing releases first book on May 1.
Washington, D.C.-based Double Bridge Publishing announced yesterday that its first imprint–“It’s Like This, Jim”, a book of poetry by Canadian writer and […]
Religion as mental illness at best.
“In the course of history,” Adouous Huxley famously wrote in the Saturday Evening Post on October 18, 1958, “many more people have […]
There’s a Legislative History of the 12 Rules of Client Service?
Of sorts, yes. Originally there were 14 rules. We’ve mentioned often since publishing them nine years ago that this blog’s 12 Rules […]