jmc_bks

One of the front page stories on the Washington Post online described the whole Sanford debacle as not the ordinary sex scandal, but being instead a Shakespearean love story. As if comparing the real life embarrassment that this man caused to his family to the classic story of Romeo and Juliet, Heloise and Abelard, Antony and Cleopatra makes the entire situation any less tawdry.

Also, yay for Al Franken and Minnesota!

And lastly: I get that Michael Jackson is a cultural icon and touchstone for millions, but JFC, there's more going on in the world than his family soap opera. Hello, coup in Honduras; continuing developments in Iran wrt the election; the pull-back of US combat forces from cities and the turn over of "control" to Iraqi authorities; etc.

Dear DC: you are made of win.

Dear Colleagues: there is a distinction between an order vacating a judgment (in its entirety) and an order affirming judgment and remanding for clarification the calculation of the money award. Pls to be learning this before you attempt to lecture me on civil procedure again. Kthx?