Osler's Razor

  Newark Airport, a United hub, has been struggling for a while but this week has been especially problematic. Because of staffing shortages...

  I don't post here every time I talk to media, but yesterday I got to spend four minutes talking clemency with Ailsa Chang on NPR's...

  This has been a bad bad year for college football prognosticators! Above is the AP Top 20.... let's check in on how they are doing. 1....

  Perhaps this topic was a bit of a stretch, but you all still came through. There was this gem from my Mom: Best pumpkin ever Spike made a ...

  Often, I come on here and quote from the Gospels and then construe it, pushing the text this way or that-- something I always feel somewha...

 

  It's that week-- time to choose the perfect pumpkin. We all have our preferences-- let's haiku about that this week! Here, I will ...

  In what will be the biggest change to the White House since the 1940's, President Trump is having the entire East Wing demolished to ...

  There is a day, one day, that comes every year for Minnesotans: the first day that you feel cold. For me, that day came yesterday. I was w...

  It is midway through the college football season, and there are some surprises . Vanderbilt is in the top 10, having beaten LSU-- as the b...

  So, you all DO care about cats! And not just Pickles the Cat. I loved this one from my Mom (referring to my nephew Ben): Favorite T shirt ...

  I have spent the weekend in New Haven for my law school reunion. It was a pretty remarkable time, reconnecting with people who have been v...

 

  October is a month when our thoughts turn to cats. Halloween is focused on spooky things, and let's face it-- cats are kind of spooky....

  For the past twenty years, the criminal-law project of getting to truth has been aided by the ubiquity of video evidence. It's hard to...

  The legendary R & B singer D'Angelo died of cancer yesterday. He was a leading figure in the Neo-soul movement of the 1990's a...

  Even terrible drivers can be lovable. That's the lesson I took from this great scene in "Annie Hall" featuring Diane Keaton,...

  As it turns out, people have strong opinions about what the best TV shows are! Like Craig: Love Masterpiece shows: Downton Abbey, All Crea...

  One of my favorite stories in the Gospels is this, from Luke 17: "O n the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between...

  I love this poster very much. Could it have used some proofreading? Sure. Does the cat look like Dobbie the House Elf's demonic cousin...