Legally Accidental
2013-07-14 – Not guilty. The George Zimmerman verdict is being ballyhooed as vindication of Zimmerman’s claim of self-defense. But that’s not how the law works when a defendant wins. Defendants […]
Tag Archives: Politics
90 More Shopping Days
2013-07-03 – Chicago used to have its big fireworks on this day. I used to go every year. Eventually, the event was combined with the Taste of Chicago and […]
Morsi More Sarah
2013-07-01 – What, if anything, do you know about the protests in Egypt that we see daily? I took a close look at a couple of these stories today […]
Corporate Marriage
2013-06-30 – One of the first things that popped into my inbox after the Supreme Court decisions on gay marriage was a warning that polygamy could be legalized next. I’m […]
Click OK for the #NSA
2013-06-15 – I just got back from the grocery store where I presented my frequent shopper card so I could get 54 cents off on a bottle of Diet […]
Discriminate Violence
2013-06-12 – In the wake of revelations about NSA data mining, I think it is worth thinking about alternatives to data mining. I the wake of revelations about drone strikes, […]
A 1,559 Square Foot Home
2013-06-10 – We are now being inundated with details about Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower, as if he were a mass murderer. Scandalously, he lived in a 1,559 square foot […]
Beginning of Delerium
2013-06-08 – In a rare solo excursion, I drove down to the University of Chicago to see my cousin David Satter’s documentary film Age of Delirium, which is based on his book by […]
Decades
2013-06-05 – My friend Chris posted the following question on Facebook. Is there still such a thing as “decades”? It’s been almost 15 years since the millennium and it […]
Followership Training
2013-05-31 – A hot topic in the adult-ed biz these days is leadership. No one is a follower. Everyone is a leader and they need to know how to do […]
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