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Jan 31, 2011

On Jay Cutler and Barry Manilow

After the mighty Chicago Bears lost the NFC Championship Game to the lowly Green Bay Packers, one commentator remarked that, at this point, Jay Cutler has about as much respect in the NFL as Barry Manilow does.

Jan 24, 2011

A fool and his money are soon parted

The key to remaining young at heart, I believe, is to find amusement in human stupidity, rather than defaulting to furious.

Jan 17, 2011

Where is all the promised promiscuity?

The Wisconsin director for some organization called the National Federation of Independent Business recently said that Wisconsin has one of the most "promiscuous" tort systems in the country. Inasmuch as I've always been a really big fan of promiscuous behavior, I figured I should check this out.

Jan 10, 2011

On The Twilight Zone and commerce

The State is not God."

Jan 3, 2011

Don’t believe what you read in the (other) papers

I know that you young people already know everything and hate to listen to advice from old misanthropes, but this is important, so please read on.

Dec 27, 2010

On laws, sausages and driving drunk

Otto von Bismarck is frequently attributed with saying that no man should see how laws or sausages are made.

Dec 20, 2010

Taking the pain out of the holidays

The holidays are coming, and if you're like me, that means you have to take a day or two off work and spend it with your family instead.

Dec 13, 2010

Free GG, the Geto Boys and speech

You would think that litigation over free speech would go away. Is it really so much to ask of people that they refrain from outlawing others from saying what they want?

Dec 6, 2010

Nobel Prizes usually ignoble event

This week, the Nobel Prizes will be awarded in Stockholm.

Nov 29, 2010

They don’t know what ‘frivolous’ is

This week, The Dark Side is going to do something it has never done before - write something that everyone, even progressives, will agree with - with one small caveat: I don't expect the judges on the 7th Circuit to agree.

Nov 22, 2010

On cheesecakes and Constitutions

Thanksgiving is this week, which means I'm being heavily badgered by folks who want me to make them pumpkin cheesecakes for the holiday, or at least give them my recipe.

Nov 15, 2010

Vegan meals just aren’t kosher

I recently read about an Orthodox Jew in prison in Indiana who successfully sued the Indiana Department of Corrections for violating his First Amendment by giving him vegan meals instead of kosher meals.

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