As a blogger, I get to write about whatever interests me. One of the things that did not interest me, however, was the upcoming Democratic primary race for Cook County State's Attorney. Until a few weeks ago, I didn't even know that office was up for a vote (although I probably could have figured it out...). The current state's attorney, Dick Devine, is retiring, which leaves … [Read more...] about Me and Alderman Allen
Why Roger Pilon is Wrong About Warrentless Wiretapping
I was going to write something about the disgraceful article by Cato's Roger Pilon in The Wall Street Journal extolling the virtues of warrentless wiretapping of U.S. citizens, but Julian Sanchez has got that covered. … [Read more...] about Why Roger Pilon is Wrong About Warrentless Wiretapping
The Fear Card
Over at Drug WarRant, Pete writes about yet another way politicians and their minions use the fear card to get more money for government programs. As part of his article, he includes a mock "FEAR" credit card. I liked the idea a lot, but I wanted to try making one that was even more obviously a credit card: You might think the monster is so cheesy looking because I have no … [Read more...] about The Fear Card
A Cinderella Affidavit
Long before I got fascinated by legal blogs, I was fascinated by legal novels. Neither is a substitute for receiving actual instruction in the law, but both are cheaper. I've learned a few things. Reading Scott Greenfield's rant about informants reminded me of A Cinderella Affidavit by Michael Fredrickson. I'm not going to go into the details of the plot---they're not that … [Read more...] about A Cinderella Affidavit
Business Weak
Check out this clause in the User Agreement for Business Week magazine online: In addition, User may not: ... 2. use or attempt to use any "deep-link," "scraper," "robot," "bot," "spider," "data mining," "computer code" or any other automated device, program, tool, algorithm, process or methodology or manual process having similar processes or functionality, to access, … [Read more...] about Business Weak