Clearly living in Ohio has been harder on John Scalzi that he’s willing to admit; he recently bought into the myth that Midwesterners actually like White Castle hamburgers. As a native Midwesterner, let me set the record straight. Nobody in the Midwest really likes White Castle hamburgers. Nobody. They are eaten for three, and only [...]
I’ve had some very trying days in Law & Motion, but nothing as breathtakingly WTF?! as Celia Ambriz. Among the many forehead-slapping errors committed, the trial court had agreed with respondent that certain depositions were inadmissible–even though the respondent used the very same depositions as exhibits to its motion for summary judgment. I also couldn’t [...]
In case there was anyone left who clung to the idea that the Bush administration does not see itself as a monarchy, Attorney General Gonzales was happy to clear that up for you: Gonzales acknowledged that the Constitution declares “habeas corpus shall not be suspended unless … in cases of rebellion or invasion the public [...]
Message to drug dealers: if you’re going to trade drugs for sex, pick a single woman. There’s been tut-tutting around the blogosphere about the ‘crazy’ decision, but the bottom line is that the Michigan court is correct: under Michigan law, adulterous sex is one of most serious sexual offenses, because in Michigan, adultery is still [...]
Via Pandagon, the story of Julie Amero, who was obviously railroaded for the crime of failing to erase porn spam pop-ups that mysteriously appeared on a school computer while she was a substitute teacher. Right? Well, it’s hard to tell from the Pandagon or Alternet articles, which are less about what actually happened and more [...]
Charles “Cully” Stimson, a Pentagon official, is a former prosecutor and defense lawyer, and therefore should know better. Nevertheless, last week he decided to shoot his mouth off about some large, prestigious law firms who do pro bono work for, if you can believe it, people who can’t afford lawyers–specifically, Guantanamo detainees. Such law firms, [...]
What’s odd is that, for a change, they managed to let a few facts slip into a story about an increase in the number of women living without husbands. Of course, they quickly swaddle the facts in a lot of talky anecdotes from people who are able to fully explain the trend by what they [...]
A little surprised and peeved that it wasn’t mentioned on Wikipedia’s main English page, but. You can watch video of Dr. King’s speeches as well as read his works. Here’s hoping for the day when we won’t have to keep asking ourselves if we’ve put racism behind us.
Nole Irritare Leones links to an article citing a Newsweek poll about the chances of electing a female or black President. Respondents overwhelmingly said that they, themselves, would vote for someone other than ‘standard white male guy’, but doubted that the rest of the electorate would. It’s a bit like the poll results showing that [...]