Aw, never mind. Learning to walk away from sink holes is s lifelong effort. A shower and a good night's sleep put things perspective. The electronic Lilliputia can do without this silliness. And we'll leave to analysts the various forms of penis envy.
Addendum: An email asks why I pulled the piece here. I stand by each factual allegation based on communications with me. The opinions are mine. I just think the fight is stupid and regret being drawn into someone else's kitty litter box. Now, back to jury selection.
June 7, 2011
Representative Anthony Weiner is a liar, a cad and a hypocrite. We now know as much; he told us so when he confessed to what he had previously denied about sending a sexually suggestive photograph to a young woman over Twitter. But he is a member of Congress, so can anyone be surprised that he lacks a certain sense of gravitas? When I vote in Congressional elections, I always write in the name Clarence Darrow. Sure, Darrow is long since dead. But at least he stood for something other than perpetual reelection.
There is a book to be written about the Internet and the...
June 7, 2011
A friend of mine likens the publication of a book to the birth of a child, a peak experience that yields powerful feelings. I’ve yet to hold my newest baby, but last night I noticed that Amazon now lists it. Taking Back the Courts can be pre-ordered; it is set for release later this week.
I blasted a note about it all on Twitter last night, and have received several nice notes, both public and private. There is a strange sort of helplessness that accompanies the launch of a book. It feels less like the birth of a child than sending a loved one off to school for the very first...
June 7, 2011
Our youngest son is mid-way through medical school. At dinner the other night, he and my wife were discussing the controversy surrounding neckties in hospitals. It turns out that physicians, though scrupulous about washing their hands between patients, aren’t quite as careful with their ties. A wagging tie can transfer bacterial infection from one bed, one patient, to another. Hospitals are very dangerous places for sick people, he reported gravely. He is considering bow ties as professional attire.
I listened to this conversation as I do so many between he and my wife: they are...
June 6, 2011
June 5, 2011
Even non-lawyers know about hearsay. The word pops up often in casual conversation, as in, "that’s just hearsay." Folks want to dismiss such...
June 5, 2011
Engagement is the key to success for those looking to make a lasting impression in the electronic world. Link to others, comment on their comments,...
June 4, 2011
I first saw John Edwards speak in New Haven many years ago, the first time he took his presidential ambitions out for a walk in New England. There...
June 2, 2011
Preventive detention. Read the words. Repeat them aloud. Say them louder. Write them on a pad of paper. Then scrawl them on a piece of cardboard with...
June 2, 2011
It actually felt like summer the other day: a long, languid sort of day with sunshine, no place to go, and fields humming with life. After a winter...
May 29, 2011
I recall a few fist fights when I was a kid that had me angry enough to kill someone. Indeed, had a gun been readily at hand, I just might have...