Image via Wikipedia How often does the FBI snag a Russian spy ring that includes all the glamor of a bond girl, the secret signals of cold war espionage, and the prosaic reality that spies are just like us? Answer: not often enough. This kind of news is just too fun…especially when Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is doing the […]
Striking study results: family values weaken families?
May 4, 2010 by
Striking study results: family values weakening families? http://ow.ly/1GQwd maybe values should include prudence & financial independence.
China’s world?
April 28, 2010 by
More on this later, but just a link for now. China has long been a pet hobby of mine, an interest that I’ve never been able to figure out how to use. Now, from US NEWS: It’s China’s World. We’re Just Living in It.
Late fines for George Washington?
April 19, 2010 by
And now, for something a little lighter: Lowering the Bar is reporting that President George Washington has almost $100,000 in book fines for a few books he forgot to return: Yet another presidential scandal broke over the weekend, as a library in New York accused George Washington of failing to return valuable library materials checked […]
Are you buying an iPad?
April 6, 2010 by
With the advent, and hype, tied to the iPad, I can’t help but take a foray into my favorite topic that is only ancillary to the law itself, if at all: books. I love them. I love to hold them while I read them. I love to make notations in the margins or underline an especially thought-provoking […]
Your Blackberry Could Save Your Life
February 12, 2010 by
This post has nothing to do with the law, but everything to do with your Blackberry. From Josh Blackman’s blog (who quotes WDTN): A Dayton woman escaped injury when a stray bullet hit her BlackBerry and not her. ”The BlackBerry was in the right place at the right time and the bullet hit her in the right spot,” […]
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