Scary Government
I think you all know that I’ve always felt the nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the Government, and I’m here to help. —Ronald Reagan
The difference is always greener
If things were different, they wouldn’t be the same. —Michael Zaslow as Willard Tappan in Law & Order S5E9
Faithful and Effectual
May I be faithful and effectual in all your plans and purposes.
The Power of One
iTunes selected this song for playback this evening. It’s an inspiring one for sure. (not sure that this is an official video)
Weird, not crazy
Dave Schilling: “Embrace the beauty of skirts”
Los Angeles Times columnist Dave Schilling recalls: “This was my first time trying on a skirt. What I experienced in the dressing room at Dover Street Market in the Arts District was a different sensation than I had encountered. I could feel air flowing! On my giant thighs!” Check out his full story
Optics are secondary
“Who cares about the cussing? Who cares about the optics? I care about the Constitution. I care about the fact that no one bothered to point out the real problem here. […] Even if it wasn’t an autistic kid, if it was an unsympathetic criminal, it is just as serious.” —John Bryan, Esq.
Women make sensible urologists
I had reason to see a urologist when I was around 20. Back then all urologists were male in the sprawling MSA of just under 1 million. So I was evaluated by a man. But in all candor, I had not really given the option any thought. Nothing had changed by the time I was 29 and by then I definitely would have considered it. By the time I was 38 the specialty had matured and I had the option. I chose a woman. Show more ›
Vainglorious Achievement
“And seekest thou great things for thyself? Seek them not.” Jer 45:5 KJV
On Audacity and Destiny
One man can summon the future. —Jolene Blalock as T’Pol in Star Trek Enterprise S4E13 (“Unified”)
A 25-min First Amendment Primer
I do not watch “auditor” videos—in part because I already understand First-Amendment contours and in part because most such auditors are just uninspired copycats—but the person who brought this video to my attention was correct: it’s worth watching. It covers so much ground and I give this man props for his precision, even surgical, tact. He mentions Cohen v. California and indirectly hints at City of Houston v. Hill. Texas is in the fifth circuit so Cruise-Gulyas v. Minard does not preemptively control, but the decision absolutely would be adopted had this intaction resulted in a civil action.