The Stopped Clock

The " Baby Think It Over " program is supposed to convince young teens that babies are hard work, fussy, and can be unpleasant to ...

An editorial in the London Guardian suggests, in relation to Hillary Clinton, that the U.S. isn't ready for a woman President . I'm ...

Today, Colbert King takes on a couple of recent editorials by Charles Krauthammer , Paul Sperry , which he believes (in my opinion, correct...

Today, Thomas Friedman laments that America is on the decline. I have been thinking about [the virtues evidenced by Lance Armstrong and his...

Is this type of thing enough for a Darwin Awards, honorable mention (you know, the stupid things people do that don't kill them, such t...

Robots, cyborgs? Sorry, but you'll have to go elsewhere. " We represent people.....Exclusively ".[1] FN 1: Yes, I know they...

The New York Times today editorializes in favor of a federal "shield law" to allow reporters to " guarantee that journalists...

When naming an organization, care should be taken not just to have a descriptive name, but in relation to how the organization's name mi...

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John Tierney is getting a lot of attention for his piece on " Punishing Pain ", in which he tangentially addresses Florida's b...

CJR Daily today observes , Say that blogs are granted the same protections as news organizations. What is to stop, say, corporations or trad...

Today's Times attempts to rehabilitate Judith Miller , by rationalizing her conduct. But the hard truth is that no reporter can choose t...

In an unsigned idiotorial , the Washington Post apparently joins with those who wish to do away with comprehensive medical insurance program...

Some news agencies and columnists seem shocked that the U.S. public is indifferent to the incarceration of Judith Miller, for her refusal to...

What can I say? A few years ago, according to the book, tabloids were writing about Mr. Schwarzenegger's alleged sexual affairs, hurting...

Not the tort kind - the "death penalty" kind . In this case, an extremely unusual private investigation was conducted after Mr. Gr...

David "Babbling" Brooks today suggests , in relation to selecting a Supreme Court Justice: Mr. President, don't repeat the mis...

Over at Evan Schaeffer's Legal Underground I found reference to an interesting story about how some companies are now using plaintiff...

Somebody writes in to a law forum with a tale of woe: A week ago I was caught shoplifting at a local store and my court date is tomorrow. ....

William Raspberry, addressing the First Amendment , tells us: "There's nothing in common sense - and certainly nothing in the First...