About a month ago, my wife and I were on our way to dinner at a new restaurant when a cop pulled us over. I got a ticket. Then we continued to dinner, which sucked. When I got home that night, I did some research on the law I had allegedly broken. It's listed in the online Illinois code as 625 ILCS 5/11‑907(c), and the officer described it on the ticket as "Failed to Yield … [Read more...] about What I Learned About Scott’s Law
Legal Sweatshops
So you're thinking of going to law school, eh? Apparently, lawyering is not the great job it once was. If you can't land the job you want—especially if you're from a bottom-ranked law school—you'll probably have to find some scutwork to help pay off those massive student loans. That means work in a legal sweatshop as a temporary attorney, probably helping a dozen … [Read more...] about Legal Sweatshops
175 Photos of Chicago Gay Pride Parade 2007
Photo Archive For whatever it's worth, I've posted 175 Photos of Chicago Gay Pride Parade of 2007. … [Read more...] about 175 Photos of Chicago Gay Pride Parade 2007
Some Other Sentences Worth Commuting
Since President Bush has shown himself to be in a forgiving mood by commuting Scooter Libby's sentence, perhaps he like to address a few other excessive sentences handed down by the federal courts. If so, he could start with these federal prisoners identified by Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) as having received very harsh sentences because of mandatory minimum … [Read more...] about Some Other Sentences Worth Commuting
Transformers – Review
This was the best action movie I've seen in a long time. I was not a fan of the Transformers TV series (or comic book, or toy line), so I can't tell you if the movie is faithful to the franchise. From what I understand, the mythos is pretty confused and has changed many times, so the movie probably isn't far off from whatever Transformers fans are expecting. In the first few … [Read more...] about Transformers – Review