but here’s the thing: Americans are not taught to think in any way whatsoever. you can breeze thru 16 years of education, garner nothing but 4.0's, and never have to stumble over a philosophy course, let alone a semester of applied logic—which latter should be taught in elementary school.

One doesn’t”pass” the LSAT. You get a score. And crippling anxiety. And if you fuck up, you’ll wind up matriculating at the Florida Intercoastal Waterway School of Law. Then after 3 years, one takes the Bar Exam. Again, one gets a score, but in my state (WA) back then, one didn’t learn the score, except upon the event…

I get it with the CA civil action, but the NY AG has a very good criminal case against Il Douche, and those that have been defrauded aren’t the AG’s clients—the AG has an obligation to the People—I’d like to see the trial go forward—of course there’d be an appeal, but in the meantime, a felony jacket on that…

So Tony Romo’s a bigamist?

go to change.org and sign the petition urging electors to vote their consciences and support HRC. it’s worth a shot, and in any case, it’s a statement worth making.

here in WA state this relief is provided for under certain circumstances, but a) it will depend on DE statues/case law, and b) it might depend on Judge G’s Findings of Fact, or c) maybe the appeals court in this instance will review the case de novo (that is, consider both the facts and the law—usually a higher court…

thanks for providing the subject matter of many nightmares to come.

please share with us your noble profession. I’m truly interested, as I conjecture others might be. I promise to be nice.

wow—while despair and schadenfreude are constructions spun of the finest fairy gossamer, granola is real, one must have coin of the realm in order to acquire it. I felicitate you, and must ask—is it fancy granola? If so, are you doing family law? If so, you are made of sterner stuff than I.

Sirrah: the reach and breadth of your expositions are marvelous things, they are. And how you have made me ashamed to have wasted my career defending indigent persons for peanuts. And O! how I now revile my colleagues of the defense bar, lawyers of surpassing excellence who could have been cleaning up doing…

these tracts were often to be found in phone booths—or in other locales in which the down and out were likely to frequent.

May I suggest that you list The Concourse with the other major sites, e.g. Deadspin, Jezebel etc.?

I don’t feel sorry for anyone who has lived/lives in Indy. This is because I grew up in Evansville. The family moved when I was 12, but the damage was already done.

couple of years ago I (then 63 y.o.) had a TIA and was thereafter examined by a youngish neurologist. “Here,” he said, “Squeeze my hands hard as you can.” “Sure about that?” I asked. “Yes, go ahead,” he said impatiently.

re: public defenders: from a criminal defense lawyer: in many instances, the difference b/w a PD and private counsel to whom you have paid $20k is that there is a premium for getting your hand held while listening to soothing words. There are many reasons why one might choose a career in PD—regular pay check, health…

defense lawyer here. racial bias affects every stage of EVERY case. period.

“MIA has said AIM is to be her final album.”

Ditto. As we were wont to say, “Acid makes you placid.”

James is right about one thing—nothing wrong with telling jokes about Abstract Impressionists.

In re: cold pizza. You are wrong.