Author: Burt Likko
Carving Up The Golden State
In case you’ve grown weary of the silliness involved in public anxiety about a guy who makes duck decoys for a living seemingly not liking gay people all that much, there is a different sort of silliness for you to contemplate instead: yet another proposal to Balkanize the most populous of these United States.
What You Need to Know About Klayman v. Obama
A Federal Court found yesterday that the NSA does, in fact, routinely violate your Constitutional rights. The reason why is very likely within your arm’s reach right now.
Wanna Bet?
Come to the second-to-the-last class. Professor Likko has a very good thing for you if you do.
Today’s Freakout Moment
Of all the things I could be freaking out over, this is what I settled on today.
Ghanaaaaaaa!
World Cup draws. Early predictions. Frustrations. England fans singing vulgar songs. Cheering. Zero-zero ties. It’s a beautiful game.
A New Neighbor
Burt Likko welcomes someone new to the neighborhood, and predicts that his wife will not be overjoyed.
Monday Trivia, No. 142 [Anne wins!]
Close to home and far away, this week’s subject is uncommon indeed.
California! No Bonds For You!
Part VII of my continuing intermittent series of posts publicly worrying about California lighting its money on fire with a high-speed rail construction project.
Lies, Damned Lies, and Bar Applications
A few thoughts on recovering one’s reputation for good moral character from very public past misdeeds. There should both a skeptical eye cast towards those who have been dishonest in the past and room for redemption from mistakes made in the past — but when does the latter overcome the former? Is it enough to have stayed out of trouble?
Neither Rain nor Hail nor Snow nor Gloom of Night…
Still think you want to be a lawyer? Learn about the glamour of trying a case in a ski resort!
Thursday Night Bar Fight #15: Return to Olympus
The America-destroying consequences of Obamacare continue to play out in ways no one could have predicted. Now, you must choose…
ENDA’s Game
In which the necessity of a law is politically dismissed because of a massive public misunderstanding by a man with an eerily orange face.
There It Is — Take It
Burt Likko celebrates the history of a city that seems all too frequently to act as though it had none, on the centennial anniversary of an important, oft-overlooked event. In the beginning was a ditch…
