Hiram Johnson's worst nightmare threatens to crawl out of a nasty little cave in Orange County, California.
Burt Likko
Pseudonymous Portlander. Pursuer of happiness. Bon vivant. Homebrewer. Atheist. Recovering Republican. Recovering Catholic. Recovering divorcé. Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of Ordinary Times. Relapsed Lawyer, admitted to practice law (under his real name) in California and Oregon. There's a Twitter account at @burtlikko, but not used for posting on the general feed anymore.
House Likko's Words:
Scite Verum.
Colite Iusticia.
Vivere Con Gaudium.
For about two weeks every year, California's high desert blooms as though a celestial Jackson Pollack had...
The Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge gave us some of the strangest taxonomies to date; can you...
Picking a book at random from the "Hey check this out" list works out very well, at...
Wednesday, the Supreme Court will entertain the latest challenge to Obamacare. If you can make it all...
One of Burt Likko's greatest hits, offered in celebration of #judicialreviewday.
All comments about
The Academy Awards
Must be in haiku
In just over two weeks, some stuff is gonna get real at One First Street Northeast, yo.
Wow, first the Fat Boys break up and now this.
When an atheist prisoner self-identifies as Jewish, it provides an insight into the engine driving what Burt...
A close look at the law and the allegations suggests that outrage about the Brandon Duncan prosecution...
Turns out, a Muslim prisoner has a right to grow a beard even if the warden doesn't...
Don't immediately assume that the result is a fait accompli.
Everyone has a hometown. Lots of places have music about them. What music defines where you're from?
It's suddenly very fashionable to be a strident advocate of free speech, without giving a lot of...
Burt Likko was going to mercilessly lampoon a prestige law firm for three of its partners writing...
From the police chief who served donuts and hot chocolate to protestors rather than launching canisters of...
Joe Cocker has passed away. Take a moment to remember his amazing voice.
How can something be at once essential, counterproductive, and irrelevant?
It's not news that adjunct professors don't get paid a lot. But it is at least remarkable...
