Duty To Protect (Update)
Lawyers for Scot Peterson (one of the Deputies on-site during the Parkland shooting) are arguing that Scot Peterson had no Duty to stop the school shooting
NY AG files lawsuit against Trump Foundation
Nothingburger? Somethingburger?
The IG Report has been released.
Nothingburger?
Somethingburger?
The orgastic future recedes before us
Matthew Stewart’s piece on “the 9.9 percent” in the Atlantic is more interesting (and probably easier to remember) than jeremiads about the “one percent”.
The new Reuters poll
New Reuters poll re: support for Republicans among 18-34 year olds
1 Dead in Southwest Emergency Landing
It could have, probably should have been, much worse. With one fatality reported due to cabin depressurization, total disaster was averted by the actions of the crew during the Southwest emergency landing
Environment: Individualism vs Collectivism
Is individualism better for the environment than collectivism?
The Eras of Good Feelings and Their Inevitable End
Chris Morgan asked… where do we go from here? Living in the Cold War era, it was commonplace to set aside some time of the day to consider, even actively prepare for, the possibility of being nuked. “God may have willed the destruction of the planet in an atomic Gotterdämmerung,” Willmoore Kendall wrote, “but we…
What is the Point of Lower Education?
I have been thinking about the point of lower education.
The Duty To Protect
Is there a duty to protect on the part of law enforcement?
Other People Are Doing Their Mindful Practices Incorrectly
Sometimes, you’ve got a lot of problems with other people. Shouldn’t they have to hear about it?
There Is A Memo Open Thread
Wanna speculate about the memo? Do it here.
“Christmas Eve” by Mike DeCapite
One of those stories where every word is the right one in the right place…
And did those feet in ancient time walk upon England’s mountains green?
So Trump acknowledged Jerusalem as the capital of Israel…
The Deacon’s Masterpiece or, the Wonderful “One-hoss Shay”: A Logical Story
This is the poem I try to remember to read every November 1st
Thinking about Obsolete Sins
There are a handful of things that were sins, way back when, that could only exist in the context of their time
A hypothetical…
Thinking about thinking about…
One Cheer for Hefner
I don’t praise Hefner, but then neither do I condemn him either. He is human a mixture of good and bad and that is what should be remembered.
Making the Internet a Better, Safer Space
I’m an old dog, so I’m still having to learn all the social media tricks.
Voices From The Past
Here’s a 102-year-old letter I can’t wait to read.
Shouldn’t Need Saying
And another thing: it’s really not such a good thing from a vehicular maintenance perspective.
Omens for Ossof
It looks to me like there’s a trend here.
The Montauk Catamaran Company Post-Apocalypse Freedom and Creativity Fellowship Redux
Join the crew of Mon Tiki Largo as she sails from the Chesapeake Bay to New York City and on to Montauk New York.
That Could Have Been Handled A Little Better
Sean Spicer could benefit from going to a few Toastmasters meetings.
The Limerick/Haiku Thread
I figure we needed one of these.
I am not a lawyer, but…
It’s good to have a sense of humor about these things.
A largish excerpt from Plato’s Symposium For Valentine’s Day (Aristophanes’s Speech)
In the first place, let me treat of the nature of man and what has happened to it.
Richard Spencer Gets Punched in the Face
Captain America did this kind of thing all the time.
The Aristocrap
Man walks into a deli and asks “Have you get frog’s legs ?”
Liberals are Smug
Which is why no one likes them.
An Armed Society
Way beyond the horizon.
A small excerpt from Thus Spoke Zarathustra
“We have discovered happiness” — say the Last Men, and they blink.
The Deacon’s Masterpiece
A familiar poem for All Saints’ Day: The Deacon’s Masterpiece by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Cubbies!
The Chicago Cubs and their interesting fans.
#LawBot, or, Legal Advice in Twelve Tweets
A status check on technological disruption in the legal profession.
Empiricism v. Principle
Smaller government can’t be the sine qua non of the politics of freedom in a Wagner’s Law world.
