Hey, I get it—sometimes when you win and you think the other side's position was bogus, it's hard not to get all smug and self-righteous. But you really should try. Not trying very hard—well, not trying at all—cost the State…
According to this report in the Kansas City Star (thanks, Steve), witnesses saw the man break into the Kansas City Costume Co. yesterday at about 8:45 p.m., remove the big yellow bird costume and then walk down the street to a nearby drinking…
Sure! Why wouldn't it be? All you need in order to have a binding contract is a mutual agreement by which each party agrees to do something in exchange for some consideration. (An example from Ohio.) Generally they don't have…
Something seems very wrong here, because the report is that the Supreme Court has unanimously held in Riley v. California (NYT, SCOTUSblog, opinion) that the police need to get a warrant before rummaging through the cellphone of someone they've arrested. Have…
Because such a law is, apparently, necessary.
Posted by Kathleen's son, Conor, along with a touching post about his mom.
Oh good.
Is it worth doing jail time to become a legendary tagger at the ripe old age of 18? Francisco Canseco is probably about to find out. "Tagging" is sometimes used to mean "graffiti" in general, but more specifically refers to…
Boing Boing linked the other day to use sparingly, a tumblr that is sort of like a "Devil's Dictionary" of modern business jargon. For example: There's also mockery of terms like "pain points," "mindshare," "ecosystem" (when not used to mean a…
The Kansas City Public Library has posted a few photos from my book talk/signing event there on May 6th. This one shows me talking about the Delaware law banning “punt guns.” I didn’t crop out the audience heads at the…