It turns out you do well when you do good - wasn't Grannie clever:  •  The repeal of the out-of-state marriage ban would come more than four years after Massachusetts became the first state to allow gay men and lesbians to marry, and same-sex marriage advocates said the timing was carefully …

Part of the problem is that all the interesting stuff happens at work and I don't write about that. Add to that getting up at 7:53 am so it ain't going to be exactly an epic one today:  •  It appears the Argos suck again.I can't believe Vatican Radio is not tuning a profit.Read this ruling …

I didn't realize I wasn't ready. Do you have to be a libertarian wing nut to pause and shake your head?  •  The system would be more open, flexible and convenient for consumers, the panel concluded. The government could restrict the number of stores and their hours, and also retain the current …

So there you are. Half the year gone already. How many years do you have? How many half years? The days are already getting shorter, too. Gather ye rosebuds while you may.  •  Update: This SCC ruling today on defamation is quite extraordinary...and I am not sure the court cited authority for this …

It is not pretty. The decision of Judge Richard Posner of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals of Chicago in the case of Conrad Black is a wonderful example of the end of a concept. The concept of the manager as hero perhaps. The end of the immunity of the executive who is only looking out for the …

In a round about way. Seems like a lawyer in FLorida is presenting Google seach requests as an authority for what makes up "community standards":  •  "In a novel approach, the defense in an obscenity trial in Florida plans to use publicly accessible Google search data to try to persuade jurors …

A Metafilter tale good enough to link to and not just to steal: the newsman who was fired for telling the truth! Sounds like a great unjust dismissal claim to me.

OK, maybe not the TV but can I have the car? No, maybe the shoe rack. Yes, I can be master of the shoe rack.  •  “First, the father banned his 12-year-old daughter from going online after she posted photos of herself on a dating site. Then she allegedly had a row with her stepmother, so the father …

The lilac has faded. Tulips are just a memory. It's really summer now even if the calendar denies it. Now is the time of mowing and sweating. The time of bug bites and knee scrapes. Of the valuing of shade and water and a radish. Of attempting home repairs you have no business doing.  •  You know …