Osler's Razor

Rants, mumbling, repressed memories, recipes, and haiku from a professor at the University of St. Thomas Law School.

Monday, December 15, 2025

Winter bliss in verse

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  Great work everyone! I 100% identify with this one from Desiree: Can’t wait to schush fast Down the mountain, over bumps. Hello, wider ski...
Sunday, December 14, 2025

Sunday Reflection: Subject of Grace

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  The end of the year is a combination of hurried and quiet for academics. The hallways are quiet, but for us there is a lot to get done: gr...
Saturday, December 13, 2025

More about the Nobel Peace Prize...

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Thursday, December 11, 2025

Haiku Friday: Winter fun

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  It really is winter here now-- there is over a foot of snow on the ground, it will be below zero this weekend, and the rinks are frozen an...
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PMT: Very Local Mayhem

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  Minnesota sometimes does not seem like a very big state; it's a place where local politics and state politics often merge. That's ...
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

So much snow....

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  We are having our second snow storm of the year here in Minnesota and it is awesome . I know the picture above makes a lot of people think...
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Tuesday, December 09, 2025

The Song Stuck in Your Head

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  My whole life I have had songs that just get stuck in my head. Most persistent (and horrifyingly), the song "Hot Crossed Buns" o...
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Monday, December 08, 2025

Such beauty

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  Oh! There were just four haiku this week, but they were spectacular! First we had this from my mom: I breath cold crisp air as I pick up m...
Sunday, December 07, 2025

Sunday Reflection: John the Baptist

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  John the Baptist has always fascinated me. Here is how he is described in Matthew: I n those days John the Baptist appeared in the wildern...
Saturday, December 06, 2025

A relevant Big 10 Championship!

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  Tonight the #1 team in the country, Ohio State, will play the #2 team in the country, Indiana, in the Big Ten Championship. It's a lot...
Friday, December 05, 2025

Haiku Friday: Images of the season

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  This is one of my favorite times of the year, and part of it is because of the beauty all around: the snow, the lights, the scenes of peop...
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Thursday, December 04, 2025

Snow Mayhem Thursday!

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  Technically, it isn't winter yet. But here in Minnesota, it's winter-- and thank goodness! There is snow on the ground. It is seve...
Wednesday, December 03, 2025

The Weave and the Merge

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  Yesterday was a weird and disturbing day at the White House. President Trump called Somali-Americans "garbage," and proclaimed t...
Tuesday, December 02, 2025

Snow Bowl!

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  Last Saturday, I went to the Minnesota-Wisconsin game. It snowed the whole time, the temperature was about 20, and people here seemed to l...
Monday, December 01, 2025

Recaps of the feast

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  It sounds like it was a good holiday for Razorites! For example, CraigA had a great day: Broke bread with my big Brother for first time in...
Sunday, November 30, 2025

Sunday Reflection: The first Sunday of Advent

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  I love Thanksgiving. I love Christmas. But I also love the season between the two, which we enter today: Advent. It's a season some Ch...
Saturday, November 29, 2025

The Remix

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  I'm not totally sure why, but I love this:
Friday, November 28, 2025

Haiku Friday: Thanksgiving Recap

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  I hope that everyone had a spectacular Thanksgiving! It was quite a day here, full of family, football and food. Let's recap in haiku ...
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Thursday, November 27, 2025

Happy Thanksgiving!

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  I do love this holiday, even in difficult times for our country-- perhaps it is more important now than ever.  At my house, there will be ...
Wednesday, November 26, 2025

The day before...

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  Today is one of my favorite days of the year-- when people arrive from all directions for Thanksgiving. I have a bunch already here, a sis...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Thanksgiving Prep FAQ pt. 2

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  Dear Razor,  Last week, you told me to get a 45-pound turkey. I went to the store and the biggest one they had was 22 pounds. The butcher ...
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