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December 6, 2020
Citizen Soldiers
[I was outraged this week by Lt Gen (ret) Michael Flynn’s public call for the US military to overthrow the results of the 3 November election and supervise a new […]
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November 29, 2020
Trump’s Legal-Magical Mystery Tour
I’ve been a lawyer 29 years. I also spent some time as a law professor, teaching Criminal Law and Other Legal Stuff. I’ve even been a federal prosecutor and spent […]
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November 22, 2020
I’m Not Corrupt—YOU’RE Corrupt
There’s been a lot of talk about corruption here in the (currently-not-very) United States of America. Not without good cause, mind you. For example, the current occupant of the White […]
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I’m Not Corrupt—YOUR Corrupt
There’s been a lot of talk about corruption here in the (currently-not-very) United States of America. Not without good cause, mind you. For example, the current occupant of the White […]
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November 15, 2020
The Art of the Slow Roll
Last week, the Outgoing Administration freaked out a lot of people by firing Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and a couple of other High-Ranking Pentagon Mucky Mucks. [Editor’s Note: There […]
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November 8, 2020
Bring Back Earmarks
[I’m writing this a few hours after the election was called for Biden/Harris. The talk is now all about rebuilding consensus, reaching across the aisle, and inclusiveness. This seems a […]
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November 1, 2020
Bojangles and Candy Bombs
While 2020 continues Generally To Suck Out Loud, the last few weeks brought a couple of events that had particular meaning to me—the (very happy) 100th birthday of Gail “Hal” […]
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October 25, 2020
Metaphors and Memories
I had a fun dream last night, one that kept restarting after waking up and fall back asleep half a dozen times. I was back in Scotland at the University […]
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October 18, 2020
For Loving One Man?
With the rights of LGBTQ Americans under threat and on the ballot in two weeks, it seems the proper time to repost this blog I did almost three years ago. […]
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October 11, 2020
Tyranny of the 1099
This is a repost of a piece I wrote 18 months ago. WIth so many more people forced by the COVID pandemic into gigs as 1099 workers–and the impending election […]
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