PinnedThe Story of the RobinImpossibility, archetype, and turdus migratoriusJun 8, 2024A response icon5Jun 8, 2024A response icon5
PinnedPublished inI Taught the LawPlea Bargaining: The Everyday Practice that Undermines Working-Class SolidarityA primer on how plea bargaining has been used by the ruling classes since the 19th century.Jan 26, 2023A response icon23Jan 26, 2023A response icon23
PinnedPublished inI Taught the LawSecondary Traumatic Stress (or: On the Dispersal of Brain Matter in a Kentucky Trailer)When a man’s head has been blown off with a shotgun, you’d expect there to be more of a mess. But a 12-gauge to the temple, at close range…Aug 20, 2021A response icon4Aug 20, 2021A response icon4
PinnedPublished inThe Bigger PictureTHAT COULD HAVE BEEN USThe true story of a tragic club fire that never happenedOct 6, 2021A response icon2Oct 6, 2021A response icon2
It Doesn’t Matter If It Was StagedFact, futility, and the storytelling brain.Jul 16, 2024A response icon2Jul 16, 2024A response icon2
I Know What’s Wrong with AmericaIt’s not what you think.Jul 10, 2024A response icon92Jul 10, 2024A response icon92
Published inI Taught the LawWith fear for our democracyLessons from Sotomayor’s dissent in the Trump immunity case.Jul 2, 2024A response icon30Jul 2, 2024A response icon30
Published inI Taught the LawWhy Would a Lawyer Choose to Give Bad Advice?I give advice for a living. That’s been my profession for almost 20 years, and a hobby long before that. I do my best, but I don’t always…Jul 1, 2024A response icon15Jul 1, 2024A response icon15
A Prayer for Forgiveness on the Road to the Magic KingdomLost to the ages but clear in my memory is a news story about a Midwestern family with a broken refrigerator. They couldn’t afford a new…Jun 15, 2024A response icon16Jun 15, 2024A response icon16
Published inI Taught the LawHow to Defend a Dead PopeIn 897, Pope Formosus was put on trial for violation of canon law and perjury. Popes were getting locked up, exiled, and murdered quite a…Jun 3, 2024A response icon10Jun 3, 2024A response icon10