The Content of our Discontent
Trump Lawyers Fail to Demand a Jury Trial: Malpractice, Strategery, or Both?
I can’t help but feel like everyone involved believes they are in a made-for-TV politico-drama without any real ramifications, especially Trump himself.
Review: The Water Lily Pond
The Water Lily Pond is a 2016 science fiction novel by our own Michael Siegel.
Sunday Morning! “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare
While it’s tempting to see “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare as a gentle story about forgiveness, love, and magic, its central protagonist makes that interpretation very difficult.
House Passes Clean CR Resolution, Finally
The price for the deal was that the clean CR contains neither aid for Ukraine nor the laundry list of items that the Republican rebels wanted.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Marvel’s Avengers – The Definitive Edition
The studio was stuck between making things right for the players and making things right for the Venture Capitalists…and everybody lost
MAGA Wants a Shutdown
Blame for shutdowns is usually apportioned to both parties, but the party screaming “SHUT IT DOWN!” usually bears the brunt.
POETS Day! CS Lewis
The real stuff that can hurt you is more dangerous than the imaginary that can scare you, so his inventions cling to familiar things. In the same vein, CS Lewis’s conception of beauty is simply grounded.
Weekend Plans Post: The Joys of Being a Homeowner
I keep being surprised by 20 year items lasting only 20 years or so.
Another Legal Loss for Donald Trump (Stay Tuned for More)
Trump and his lawyers should learn from the New York case and avoid its mistakes in the criminal cases where the stakes are much higher than a $250 million fine.
The Marriage Privilege
Marriage often gets a bad rap. In the sitcom world, marriage is a joke, a trope used to lob insults and putdowns back and forth between man and wife.
The Fetterman Fight
Over the past few decades, American life has gotten a lot more casual. That’s both a good thing and a bad thing.
The Sky Isn’t Falling
For those who decry Western support for Ukraine, everything is a precursor to World War III. But this couldn’t be further from the truth.