Golf is one of those activities that can absolutely bedevil an otherwise passive soul like me into a state of complete irrationality.  In the almost 50 years I have been playing the game, the number of times I have cursed the forces of nature that cause a well-struck shot to somehow go astray of […]

            In days of old, presidential campaigns didn’t start until Labor Day.  They would then consume the country’s attention for two full months leading up to Election Day in early November.              Presidential campaigns back then were exciting events.  Candidates presented real issues and debated over real proposals to deal with real problems.  (Or at […]

            At the McGeorge School of Law (where, full disclosure, I am a law professor), the law review held a symposium on the twenty-five year Supreme Court tenure of Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy earlier this month.  Kennedy, who has had a long relationship with the law school dating back to the mid 1960s, was not […]

            Sometimes being a fan of a professional sports team is sheer agony, and sometimes it’s an absolute joy.  In recent years, being a fan of two particular teams has given me both experiences.             I’ve been a fan of Sacramento’s basketball team, the Kings, since they first arrived in our town in 1985.  And […]