Year: 2008
CREEPING TOTALITARIANISM DEPT.
Change of Costume at the Security Show
The folks at the TSA just keep having bright ideas: If there is any truth to the old military expression that “the uniform makes the man,” then new garb might do wonders for the morale of the nation’s airport security screeners. That, and generating more respect from the flying public, is the hope of the… Read more
MEMORIAL DEPT.
Jim Berger
I never met Jim Berger. I don’t even remember hearing his name before 9/11. My wife used to work for the Chicago office of Aon Consulting. A couple of times, she visited the company’s offices in New York City, and met a bunch of people there, including a Senior Vice President named Jim Berger. She… Read more
LEGAL DEPT.
A Challenge For My Crimlaw Readers
If you’re a criminal defense lawyer or a prosecutor who likes to interpret other state’s statutes or even just an ordinary person like me who’s fascinated by legal stuff, I have a small challenge for you. When I was writing the post below on some strange questions of law and morality, I read at Classically Liberal that… Read more
POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPT.
A Couple of Questions for the Candidates
Over at Classically Liberal, they raise in interesting question that someone really ought to ask John McCain. As we all know by now, Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol has a 17-year old daughter who is pregnant by her 18-year old boy friend. I don’t see how this has anything to do with Palin’s qualifications for vice president.… Read more
TELEVISION DEPT.
Raising the Bar: Stephen Bochco Strikes Back
No, unlike David Feige, Stephen Bochco did not leave a comment on my blog. What he did was make the second episode of Raising the Bar. This one was much more polished than the pilot: The actors are more believable, the dialogue dances and flows, and the cases are far more interesting. Even the lighting… Read more