Sep
28
2006
…but Republicans aren’t much better. Such a sentiment is evidenced by the following: An old hack who doesn’t know when to shut the hell up. A swooning load of an article that actually makes me sick to my stomach. And the quote of the week: I am being investigated for speaking in anger about doing [...]
Tags: GOP, Politics
Sep
26
2006
Go read Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) completely school all the ‘global warming’ alarmists on the floor of the senate. It’s good to know that at least someone in our government is doing their homework.
Tags: Global Warming, Nota Bene
Sep
21
2006
Only the 9th Circuit could generate such crappy legal reasoning as this: The county’s policy allows the public to use free meeting rooms at its libraries, but prohibits “religious services.” Groups such as the Sierra Club, Narcotics Anonymous and the East Contra Costa Democratic Club have used the county’s library facilities. Contra Costa County had [...]
Tags: Law, Religion
Sep
17
2006
I’m in the middle of doing some reading about Kierkegaard, in preparation for my class on his work Either/Or this fall. In doing so, I felt the need to look up something I recalled writing awhile back. Some of you may remember my blog, A Journal of Thought, which I kept during my second year [...]
Tags: Aphorisms, Kierkegaard, Religion
Sep
15
2006
This was today’s Verse of the Day: Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme, or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good. For this is the will [...]
Tags: Christianity, Politics
Sep
08
2006
Every now and then, when doing some Jury Verdict research, you will come across a hilarious case. Morgan v. CGS Aviation, Inc. is a perfect example (Va. Cir. Ct., No. LK-9-3, 1988). It’s a products liability suit, growing out of a failure of an aircraft during landing, causing severe injuries to the pilot. Below is [...]
Tags: Humor, Law
Sep
07
2006
It’s long been obvious that only about two or three of my friends read my blog on a regular basis. I also read theirs. They read eachother’s. We all comment on eachother’s. And, actually, we probably communicate more via our blogs than we do in person. This is sad.
Tags: Friends
Sep
06
2006
From my Federalist Patriot newsletter: “We talk about [the Constitution] a lot. We have cases about it. But to actually sit down and read it doesn’t happen that often, and that is a very rewarding exercise.†—Chief Justice John Roberts Huzzah.
Tags: Law, Quotes