Love him or hate him, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is a reasonably funny guy. (I'm not going beyond "reasonably funny" until somebody apologizes for "Batman & Robin.") It could just be that he has good writers working for him now (unlike,…
When your legislators really care about democracy, it shows. In the U.S., most speeches are made to a C-SPAN camera in an otherwise empty room, and almost nobody watches. In other countries, they feel strongly enough to get involved in…
Here's one I drafted last summer but, for some reason, never got around to posting. It still seems worth mentioning, though, because of the remarkable defense argument involved. In July 2009, 30-year-old Sultan al-Sayed was sentenced to nine weeks in…
How many reasons do you need to not work 10 or more hours a day? How about one death-related reason? In a study published in the European Heart Journal this week, British researchers who conducted an 11-year study of 6,000 civil…
In a lawsuit filed in New York on April 26, Gary Null alleges that he became severely ill after eating a dietary supplement that caused him to develop a number of painful symptoms. In fact, Gary Null alleges, "Gary Null's…
Many have rightly praised Spider-Man for foiling that comic-book-store robbery in Australia last week (with the aid of a few super-friends), but some still question whether his brand of vigilante justice is always a good thing. The robbery story reminded…
“It’s not every day you see a giant cartoon dog go on the rampage after trying to break into a prison,” said a prison spokesman of the incident on May 1. Nor is it often that a story beginning with…
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From today's report of newly filed cases: Eric Miller v. The Army Review Boards Agency, No. CGC-10-499631 (San Francisco Super. Ct. May 7, 2010) Contract action. The plaintiff was fired the wrong way and he suffered turf toe, a sports…
In January, Gerard Wall sued a business in New York for allegedly overcharging his credit card. The complaint is roughly 15 pages long, but I think I've successfully condensed it by selecting just the following eight sentences from various parts…