I had a problem with a credit card, earlier (a technical glitch on a modem apparently freaked out the bank’s anti-fraud system). So, I had to call the customer service number. “Cynthia,” whom I am pretty sure was in Mumbai or some such place and who barely speaks any English, proceeded to explain that there [...]

Yet another poorly considered CNN commentary. Imagine. This time, Ruben Navarrette is whining about the debate over declaring English to be the official language of the United States. Navarette seems to believe that anyone who supports declaring any one language the official language is a political opportunist, at best, and an idiot and a bigot, [...]

Lou Dobbs has a new whine, titled “Not so smart when it comes to the Middle East.” You don’t really have to read it; basically, Americans are blundering, isolationist idiots, and the current war is all our fault for not subsidizing Lebanon (a.k.a., Western Syria) as heavily as Israel. Enjoy the read, if you can.

It seems like a recap of my year might be a potentially useful thing, either for those who wonder why I’ve suddenly become so bad at keeping in touch or for those who go through this, next year.
There were two big lessons of the year, for me:

Rely heavily on practicing with old exams (actually working [...]

My sister Annie introduced me to the Zac Brown Band, last night. Twenty-four hours later, they are one of my favorite groups. Excellent. If you like country or Southern rock, at all, go to the site and listen to the three free streams.

Professor Randy Picker just posted some interesting commentary on the AP’s suggestion that Ann Coulter committed plagiarism in her new book, Godless. It comes a little too close to the topic of our brief, last quarter, but it’s interesting, nonetheless.

According to CNN, President Vladimir Putin of Russia today kissed a little boy “like a kitten.” The kiss was on the boy’s stomach (directly, under the shirt). What the . . . ?

My American Legal Theory grade came back, today. For once, it looks like hard work really does pay off in law school!