All quotes from Rod Blagojevich, except as indicated: Dec. 19, 2008: "I'm dying to answer these charges. I am dying to show you how innocent I am. . . . I intend to answer every allegation that comes my way….
Fed up with noisy visitors, the city council of Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, appears likely to pass an ordinance that would make it illegal to, inter alia, hoot between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. or at any…
Daryl Simon seems to have included his bogus charity photos in an appendix to his sentencing memorandum, but I was unable to find that on the court’s docket. It may not have been posted yet, but that seems odd given…
In a final effort to put his fraud skills to good use, Daryl Simon tried to scam the court that was about to sentence him by offering fake documents and pictures to support his bid for leniency. Unfortunately for him,…
According to the Wichita Eagle, a man who was treated at a local hospital for an injury to the back of his head was found to have a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.57. That is seven times the legal limit for driving,…
In June, United Airlines pilot Michael Slynn was briefly detained at the airport in Rio de Janeiro after he dropped his pants at a security checkpoint. According to the report, Slynn was asked to remove his belt and shoes, and…
A good opening for this story on July 10: "A dispute over the ownership of a frying pan led to third-degree burns for one South Bend man and 11 stitches for another, police reports said." Apparently, one man was cooking…
The piece below was my second column for Forbes.com. There have been two since, and I will get those posted here shortly. Forbes (the website, not Steve personally) has just posted my latest column, about a study finding that the more your…
Steven Seagal is weird, but this lawsuit was weirder still.
Oh, this is confidence-inspiring: Am I wrong, or are the most likely new recruits from this campaign those who are currently making and/or delivering pizzas? Are they going to at least screen out people who have ever failed to get a pizza safely…