[Update: This was one of my think pieces, where I'm having trouble understanding something and try to work it out in writing. In retrospect, I think I go down the wrong path when discussing the murder charge. Sorry.]So Amber Guyger was found guilty of murder, and I'm still trying to make sense of it, but think I'm probably okay with it. A Dallas County jury on Tuesday … [Read more...] about Thinking About Amber Guyger and the Castle Doctrine
Earning Interest On Your Money
While I'm between jobs, I've been tinkering with the family finances, and I've learned a thing or two about banking. It's nothing personal finance experts haven't known for years, but I find it fascinating, so I thought I'd share. And while it's not quite financial advice, you might get something useful out of it. Be warned, however, that I'm going to talk a lot about interest … [Read more...] about Earning Interest On Your Money
Snitches Get Disses
Eugene Volokh notes a disturbing federal case regarding 18 U.S.C. ยง 1513(e), part of the witness retaliation statute, which appears to criminalize retaliatory speech against witnesses: And U.S. v. Edwards, a nonprecedential decision handed down Thursday by the Sixth Circuit, read it precisely this way: Joy Edwards made numerous derogatory posts on Facebook about a … [Read more...] about Snitches Get Disses
Have Keyboard, Will (not) Travel
I don't normally blog about my day job, but I'm genuinely proud of the work I've been doing, and (for reasons that will become clear) this is as good a time as any to talk about it.For the last eight years, I've been developing legal technology for Thomson Reuters. It started when I applied to an interesting-sounding job at a small company called Serengeti Law, which had … [Read more...] about Have Keyboard, Will (not) Travel
Is Chief Hopper a Perpetrator of Domestic Violence?
Evan Rachel Wood, who plays Dolores Abernathy on Westworld, has been taking a bit of flack on Twitter for this:https://twitter.com/evanrachelwood/status/1147213677247860737(Because I don't trust Twitter embeds, she wrote: "You should never date a guy like the cop from #strangerthings Extreme jealousy and violent rages are not flattering or sexy like TV would have you … [Read more...] about Is Chief Hopper a Perpetrator of Domestic Violence?