Miscellaneous

Manti Musings I can honestly say that I was never a Manti fan. Something about him didn't seem right, and now it appears that's the case [http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8851033/story-manti-teo-girlfriend-death-apparently-hoax] . One of two things happened here: (1) He fabricated the whole

Background: When I was the editor of Gilbert Magazine [http://www.chesterton.org/explore-the-acs/gilbertmagazine/], I was responsible for the "Tremendous Trifles" column. It was occasionally hard to find a sufficient amount of interesting GKC material to fill the page, so John Peterson sent me a file full

Background: When I was the editor of Gilbert Magazine [http://www.chesterton.org/explore-the-acs/gilbertmagazine/], I was responsible for the "Tremendous Trifles" column. It was occasionally hard to find a sufficient amount of interesting GKC material to fill the page, so John Peterson sent me a file full

Bullets I'm not sure if I've plugged him recently, but if you want a good Catholic movie site, be sure to visit Steve Greydanus' Decent Films Dot Com [http://www.decentfilms.com/]. I don't always agree with him and he can't

You might say the Michigan medical marijuana has pretty much made the stuff legal. Wow. The law is horribly written, making prosecution of excesses difficult. The smokers and growers are getting brazen, as evidenced by this vehicle that one of my municipal law colleagues recently saw parked outside his city

President Obama recently came under fire over the lack of diversity in his cabinet. Then Obama said, "You guys know I'll be there, too, right?" Prostitutes in Brazil have started learning English so they can communicate with out-of-town clients during the World Cup. They are learning

BYCU The Eastern District of Michigan ruled earlier this month that bars have a constitutional right to allow dancing and entertainment (without getting a permit). I saw that on one of my professional listserves. While meeting with a Liquor Control Agent yesterday, I was told that the decision also protects

From the Footnotes I don't blog much about the law, but this footnote from a recent 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals case kind of cracked me up. The case revolved around the issue of whether a police officer could use a citizen's obscene gesture as grounds

Bullets Okay, the winter doldrums are now here. We packed Alex and Abbie back to Ann Arbor yesterday, the kids are back in school, the football bowl season is over. It's time to hunker down and wait out the snow. Then again, the forecast calls for temperatures in