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As a post scriptum to the post on trunks (below) let me say that I did proceed to dump the contents of my steamer on the basement floor. At ...

A reader chastised me for not linking to the CNN story on green polar bears in the Singapore zoo (sorry – the story ran for 4 hours then was...

I had a few minutes before class today and I used the time to leaf through the New Yorker (see post below) that came in the mail. I remember...

A sign of acute face-recognition paralysis (where you look at a face and you fail to recognize the person) is when you read an article about...

In today’s late afternoon seminar, I treat one of my favorite topics in comparative family law: domestic violence (parent to child and spous...

A reader and a friend (and an accomplished travel writer) is looking for editorial and writing assistance with an adventure guide on Rome an...

A couple of weeks ago Carole King was in town campaigning on behalf of Kerry. A friend (well, not a complete friend or she would have told m...

Empty house this evening leads me to turn on the evening news. Do I regret it? Indeed I do. The TV announcer talked of the celebratory “doug...

For once a thoughtful article appeared about a candidate’s spouse. Newsweek describes Ms Edwards as a once spunky law student, a knows-her-o...

Calling my mother in Berkeley from my office was a mistake. The thought was : I’m in between tasks, I can take 10 minutes to catch up and se...

My office neighbor is packing his files, furniture and toys and leaving (this week) for Seattle to pursue a job opportunity that he felt he ...

Driving to the airport yesterday I listened to WBBM radio which, at the time, was broadcasting ‘60 minutes.’ I heard the wonderful story of ...

If someone said these words to you – “Relax! Rejoice!”—you’d think a religious conversion is about to take place. Maybe Nader sees himself a...

A student came in to chat about her career plans…she made a comment that made me smile. She said of her friends “they’re the kind of people ...

Last night I was forced to visit the Dane County airport two times, so I got to experience severe depression and anomie twice in one night, ...

To please and pamper an overnight visitor, I set out this morning in search of fresh bakery treats. Ever since Atkins-mania struck again, ba...

I did listen to Meet the Press in the end: it seemed appropriately suited to the task at hand: tidying up a bathroom or two. Listening t...

Is it so desirable to have your book reviewed in the NYT that it hardly matters what the reviewer writes? The flip side of this Q is – why r...

Examples of “offbeat” and/or “odd” political spouse behavior (NYT front page article on Teresa Heinz Kerry): “Ms. Heinz Kerry has a reputa...

Except on days where you pick up the wrong newspaper (thinking it to be that day’s edition), mostly what you do with old papers is put them ...