Author name: Ed

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Stupid, Stupid Drivers

Last week, somebody backed over the top of my front bumper. Today, somebody rear-ended my car, while parking illegally, right next to the law school. Both incidents gashed the respective bumpers. Neither driver left a note, of course. The latter didn’t even have the decency to back up enough for me to pull out (the

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Best Footnote Ever

In the case of Woods-Leber v. Hyatt Hotels of Puerto Rico, a rabid mongoose leaps out of the woods and bites a poolside sunbather. The sunbather, being a properly litigious American, sues the hotel owning the pool, claiming it should have known of an infestation of mongooses, some of which might be rabid. Of course,

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Oh, that’s just great.

CNN reports that DHS is launching a “Ready Kids” emergency prep program. The program itself – costing more than $100 million – sounds pretty pointless. The best part is the following quote, from a report by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, in reference to the program website: The original plan included a Web site that

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