Jeopardy! And What Is Actually Not So Important?
In which I take Andrew Donaldson to task for advocating the end of a cultural juggernaut whose time has not yet come.
Author: Burt Likko
The Two Year Chit: A Filibuster Suggestion
What might be done to mitigate the contra-democratic effect the peculiar tradition of filibuster has in the Senate? Burt Likko has an idea.
Paging Dr. Kübler-Ross
Burt Likko compares the bizarre subversion-of-democracy fantasies of Trump supporters with the actual law, and is unimpressed.
Best Meal Ever Week: Jurassic Cart
It was, quite simply, a definitively Portland experience, the exact sort of thing I had hoped to find upon relocating to the Rose City.
DC Statehood: 68.34 Square Miles of Constitutional Conundrum
Opponents of D.C. statehood, with the certainty of gospel truth, state DC statehood would require a Constitutional Amendment. I disagree. Am I right to?
Two Great Cases: Of Wheat, Weed, and Wickard
In which a farmer from Ohio and a very sick woman from California, across the generations, test the notion of the limited nature of Federal power.
The Most Constitutional Right
Does the Constitution guarantee a right to have the Constitution itself? A recent dissenting opinion suggests so, and Burt Likko muses upon what that means in today’s age of impeachment.
Spend a Few Evenings with Mrs. Fletcher
The story of “Mrs. Fletcher,” a limited series currently on HBO based upon a novel by Tom Perrotta, tries to have it all three ways…
High Sierra Ghost Stories
The past isn’t ever really past, and ghosts don’t ever die. So instead of avoiding them or feeling bad, maybe try confronting them a little bit?
The Great Cases: United States v. Nixon
U.S. v. Nixon was, beyond doubt, the most consequential decision Burger ever wrote and probably the most politically consequential decision between Brown v. Board of Education and Bush v. Gore.
Why I Actually Do Care About Trump’s Tax Returns
“I could never lend myself to any transaction, however respectable, that would commercialize on the prestige and dignity of the office of the presidency,” – Former President Harry Truman
Tenshot: The End of the World with Josh Clark
A bingeable podcast series confronts the big question, “Are We Doomed?”
Resolution Number 4,000,000 Achieved
I did it like this,
I did it like that.
I did it with a soggy three-dollar Santa hat.
Legitimacy and the So-Called House Popular Vote
Much ink has been spilt since Donald Trump’s election regarding the legitimacy of the U.S. government system, the fortitude of the rule of law, and the viability of American democracy. What do the 2018 election results tell us about those big, scary issues?
An Essay Containing Many Lies About Portland
It’s been a month, so we’re checking in on our old friend Burt to see if he’s grown a neck beard yet.
Heading Seventeen Degrees Westerly Of True North From Herlong Junction
A few words from a momentarily homeless editor emeritus.
