Sunday Sundries

As part of an effort to deliver content and keep my writing wits sharp, I'm going to post a daily series of Quick Takes. Some may carry more weight and be more serious than others.  Let's sift through the week's loose items while we steel ourselves for the week ahead. The political fallout from Signal has metastasized into "gate" status with everyone calling it Signalgate.  This is amusing to me because for half a century we've been told "it's not the crime, it's the coverup" when there has been no coverup whatsoever.  Let's break down a few facts to help us…

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Saturday Summaries

As part of an effort to deliver content and keep my writing wits sharp, I'm going to post a daily series of Quick Takes. Some may carry more weight and be more serious than others. Let's take a look at some stories that may have flown under your radar this week that may not have been in the Signal chat you were inadvertently added to. NORRA & the Restraining Judicial Insurrectionists Act The Babylon Bee goes hard in the paint. No district court judge should be able to issue nationwide injunctions and parties shouldn't be able to jurisdiction shop until they…

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Friday Fancies

As part of an effort to deliver content and keep my writing wits sharp, I'm going to post a daily series of Quick Takes. Some may carry more weight and be more serious than others. Since this begins on a Friday, let's consider serious ideas with some imagination and whimsy. I'd rather be annoyed by brevity than pissed off by substance   It's hard to write a good story around a bad premise.   I read the book before they wrote it.   If you ignore the obvious, you can get away with anything.   Deeds matter, words are meaningless.  …

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