Is it just me, or does über-creepy Julian Assange of Wikileaks look a heckuva lot like John Hurt playing creepy Caligula in the BBC/PBS series I, Claudius? Judge for yourself: Continue reading “Separated at Birth?”
Month: December 2010
Legislation by Litigation
If coverage of the California Proposition 8 litigation hasn’t left you a little crazed, you’re either (a) a space alien or (b) not paying attention. Or maybe (c) the “bloodless lobotomy” of law school truly has left me unlike other humans (i.e., I’m the space alien). Continue reading “Legislation by Litigation”
Prophets, dissident intellectuals, and a world free of merde
My blog title is based on a quote from G.K. Chesterton, one of my favorite essayists. Reading Chesterton, and noting how “prophetic” he is, reminds me of Noam Chomsky’s claim that the Old Testament prophets were that day’s version of “dissident intellectuals.” Continue reading “Prophets, dissident intellectuals, and a world free of merde”
Tipsy Teetotaler ن 