A front-page guest post by Kevin Blackwell from a few days ago, reflecting on his disappointment with...
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.
On March 15, 33 44 BCE, Gaius Julius Caesar was assassinated. The empire of the Roman Republic...
Programmer Mike Mika hacked in to the code for the classic video game Donkey Kong so that...
Going all the way back in his study to the original Dongan Charter of New York, granted by...
Hey, do you remember Bradley Manning? I’m really not all that surprised that he pled guilty to...
The rules of the game — you may pick one “could” and one “should” in italics below....
So a meteor struck in the middle of a town in southern Russia yesterday. The Beeb has...
Let’s say you live in a remote rural settlement, far away from any outside help. There is...
Hey, Northeastern US and eastern Canadian Gentlemen and Gentlewomen! How’s that awfully amazing blizzard working out for...
How does it come to be that the bodily remains of a former king of England were...
Today non-Muslim women are encouraged by a social networking effort to voluntarily wear a hijab, or a...
Yesterday I read the Senate Gang of Eight’s proposal on immigration reform. (Since when was Marco Rubio...
It’s so much fun to be able to jump up and down and say “I’m right! I’m...
We hope to see you in June! Make plans now, set the time aside, come on out....
Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Guns In America. You can read the...
There must be something decidedly but pointlessly cruel in human nature. If this study’s results are representative,...
The question on the floor is whether an offensively stupid remark that is now fourteen years old,...
On July 1, 1987, President Ronald Reagan nominated U.S. Circuit Court Judge Robert H. Bork to the...
Sometimes the singer just needs a break. Or a line. Or sometimes the players want to demonstrate...
The author of the funniest caption will win a preview of an upcoming Monday Trivia question at...
