Author: Burt Likko
Abolish Advanced Placement?
Burt Likko thinks that if Advanced Placement classes don’t represent actual advanced education, maybe we’re better off without them.
That’s The Rub
Is there a better summertime barbeque than pork back ribs? Learn how to make pork back ribs the Burt Likko way. Or use the comments to explain why your ribs are superior.
In Which I Change My Mind About Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Burt Likko was going to offer a mild criticism of The Notorious RBG. Then he thought again.
A Vast Silence
The New York Times ran a story that took Burt Likko’s breath away in outrage when he read it last night. But apparently, he’s pretty much the only one.
It’s All Part Of My Football Fantasy
It’s time once again for Fantasy Football — North American football this time! Dungeons and Dragons for sports nerds!
No Way To Die In California
A judge recently found that California’s death penalty, as it is administered, is cruel and unusual punishment, serving no identifiable purpose. Digging in to the opinion, Burt Likko finds a perverse conflict: an effort to comply with one part of the Constitution leads to a violation of another.
Let My People Go
One company begins an experiment in ways to take enlightened management techniques down a notch, conveniently in the middle of union negotiations. Burt Likko offers a few answers to the question, “What could possibly go wrong?”
Big Monday 2014
Concluding the Supreme Court’s Term are Harris v. Quinn and the newly-renamed Burwell v. Hobby Lobby. Hint: both majority opinions are from Samuel Alito.
2013-2014 Term Recap (Save Two)
It’s the close of the term, and here’s a recap of the major cases from SCOTUS this year. Some surprising results. Some, not so much. Alsotoo: we’re waiting until Monday for the Hobby Lobby and Harris decisions.
Court Watching Note
If you were a bit disappointed by a rather boring Monday in the end of June day at SCOTUS, hold your horses.
Doing Her Job
Don’t people understand what it is that lawyers do? (Yes, I know that’s actually irrelevant.)
Non-Contractual Employment
An employment lawyer entertains a very radical idea. Except it may already be real!
