Last week’s election results were even more devastating for the Democrats (and more affirming for the Republicans) than most pundits had predicted.  As final counts were still pending in several races, the GOP was guaranteed a margin in the Senate of at least 52-48, with the strong likelihood it could be as large as 55-45 […]

Dear Fellow Dodgers Fans: With the victory of our hated rivals in yet another World Series, it’s time for us to admit that they are just better than us. Yes, I know that we won 94 games in the regular season to their 88 and that we beat them in September to win another division […]

              During my years as a criminal defense attorney I often found myself shocked at the degree to which minor, non-violent criminal offenses were intensely prosecuted by all levels of the criminal justice system.  I certainly did represent some nasty individuals over those years, but I also had more than my share of reasonably normal […]

              I guess because I tend to write about cutting edge issues, I have had a number of readers of late suggest to me that I should explore the likelihood that al Qaeda (or any other terrorist group) is plotting to infect millions of Americans with the Ebola virus.  One reader even surmised that the […]