So, the other day I was finishing up a set of ass cheek squeezes (my physical therapist calls them “gluteal contractions”), when the doorbell rang. Oh, joy! Lunch is served! After pacifying Ike and Tina (Why is it that doorbells drive dogs…
read more →Confession of the day: I watch Judge Judy. No, it’s not because I revel in seeing poor unfortunate souls succumbing to her rudeness, self-importance, or condescension. It’s because of the fact that out of all the silly court shows on TV, hers…
read more →Oh, Suge, Suge, Suge. And by that I mean Suge, a/k/a “Sugar Bear,” né Marion Hugh Knight, Jr., the now washed-up wannabe music mogul of 90s-era Death Row Records fame — not the much more interesting, more talented, and more charismatic Shug Avery, whose harmonica-laced…
read more →And then this happened…
read more →I’m still not sure if I’m ready to post on this topic, but who knows if I’ll ever be. So here goes. Let’s address a few myths.
read more →Please don’t let Ferguson burn. Please.
read more →Wow! Breaking news! Federal appellate court tells the Brady Campaign to butt the hell out of California gun litigation. Boom ping pow! What’s today, the 12th? So the ink’s not even dry on this ruling… Read the Opinion Here. I haven’t read…
read more →Okay you legal beagles, pop quiz time! Self-defense is notoriously fuzzy in the domestic violence context. Skepticism of spousal self-defense spans back centuries, and that skepticism was actually codified until as recently as 1993 (when Oklahoma and North Carolina became the…
read more →I’m good with this. I’m good — both as a lawyer who fears the “slippery slope” and as an aunt whose nine nephews will likely at some point or another play loud music and be obnoxious teenagers. I gueessss I can maaaaybe somewhat understand the original jury’s…
read more →I am not a huge fan of Tyler Perry‘s work. Not a hater, but not a fan. However, I do happen to like Taraji P. Henson, one of Hollywood’s often unsung songbirds. So when Perry cast Henson in the 2009 film-version of his dramedy,…
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