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Why Snap Judgment Leads to Poor Judgment Jan. 30, 2026
If you're old enough, you likely remember the moniker applied to former President Ronald Reagan duri... Read More
Chancellors of the Lex Checker Jan. 28, 2026
The late Supreme Court Justices Harry Blackmun and Antonin Scalia often clashed on matters of law. B... Read More
America Must Be Vigilant Jan. 27, 2026
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is operating under an ill-advised internal memo suggesting that ... Read More
The Best Terrible Decision I Ever Made Jan. 26, 2026
The most important decision of my life — the one that's had the biggest impact — I made ... Read More
Break Down Barriers of Thought to Build Towers of Innovation Jan. 23, 2026
Did you hear the one about the vascular surgeon who walked into a plumbers' convention? Actually, it... Read More
Doing a 180 on the Linguistic Highway Jan. 21, 2026
If you're a rate adjuster at my auto insurance company, please skip the following paragraph. One win... Read More
Tinkering With The Criminal Justice System Jan. 20, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court has been busy this month tinkering with the criminal justice system. The Cour... Read More
The Bird Is the Word? Jan. 14, 2026
The bird feeder in my backyard has been aflutter this winter with birds and words. First to arrive e... Read More
I've Got Addiction Down to a Tea Jan. 14, 2026
The advice to "Write drunk, edit sober" is often attributed (probably incorrectly) to the hard-drink... Read More
Minneapolis: The Latest Virtual Combat Zone Jan. 13, 2026
What do online video games, zombie movies and the ICE shooting in Minneapolis have in common? More t... Read More
When Can an ICE Agent Shoot Into A Moving Vehicle? Jan. 13, 2026
On Jan. 7, 2026, Renee Nicole Good was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent ... Read More
Stars of an Arabian Night Jan. 12, 2026
I was speaking in a Middle Eastern country shortly after 9/11. The people were friendly. The food wa... Read More
Let the Currents of Chaos Carry You to the Port of Prosperity Jan. 09, 2026
Do you have a favorite movie? Is it "Citizen Kane"? Over the last seven decades, critics and filmmak... Read More
The First Three Laws of Travel Jan. 09, 2026
I was at the massive Temple at Luxor, where the pharaohs were crowned. The 3,500-year-old columns to... Read More
Shrewdly, These Words Have Improved Their Meanings Jan. 07, 2026
Five hundred years ago, if I had called one of my students "a shrewd lad with dogged ambition," he m... Read More
Now Is Not the Time To Test the Limits of Free Speech Jan. 06, 2026
Israeli billionaire Shlomo Kramer recently suggested on CNBC's "Money Movers" that governments must ... Read More
Then and Now, Money Talks Dec. 31, 2025
Some words are on the money. When the word "farm" entered English during the 1200s, for instance, it... Read More
A Breakthrough in Fingerprint Analysis Dec. 30, 2025
Fingerprints have long been considered the gold standard of crime investigation techniques. As early... Read More
Looking for a New Year's Resolution? Exorcise the Spirit of Ghosting Dec. 30, 2025
This has happened to you. It happened after a business meeting — perhaps several — that ... Read More
'Tis the Season for Reflecting Beyond your Reflection Dec. 24, 2025
Have you looked in the mirror lately? If you want to be a better person, maybe you should. No one li... Read More
