I couldn't be more in favor of full access for the handicapped – just suggesting that the cost of building a ramp should be something less than $700,000. The San Francisco Chronicle reported yesterday that a 10-foot ramp being installed in…
Hint: if the answer to the question below was "yes," they would not have videotaped him. In this report from KABC-Los Angeles (via the LA Observed blog), investigative reporter Marc Brown finally caught up with James Farkus Cohan while…
Ladies and gentlemen, over the years we have seen some horrifying examples of man's inhumanity to man. Also man's inhumanity to woman, woman's inhumanity to man, and woman's inhumanity to woman, plus at least some examples of man's inhumanity to…
Normally, if you felt it was necessary to take out an ad to tell people you were still alive, it'd be safe to say that business wasn't going well. This is probably the one exception to that rule: The two…
You know, I'm starting to think that Joe Francis has no respect for either women or the law. Francis, the creator of Girls Gone Wild, or as Gawker.com once described him, the "alleged arm-twisting sexual aggressor and loathsome Girls Gone…
Muammar Qaddafi himself is still on the loose, but it seems clear that he has lost his grip on power now that some joker is running around wearing his special hat: The reporter (on the left, in the helmet)…
The Maya Archaeology Initiative is fighting back against claims by Kellogg North America that a bird depicted in MAI's logo is too similar to "Toucan Sam," the fictional spokesbird for Froot Loops cereal. MAI, a non-profit that supports education for…
It’s not the most intimidating weapon.
I'm tempted to suggest that "does anyone here want to punch me?" might be a good question to ask during voir dire, but that wouldn't do any good if the punching impulse is caused by your actions during trial. That's…
A 61-year-old New York man claims in a new lawsuit that he was fired from his part-time job as a lifeguard for refusing to wear the required Speedo-style swim trunks for a yearly swim test. Roy Lester, who is a bankruptcy…