fall twilight–
my brother going out
long
September dawn
the almost silent lap
of river oars
Let me raise my small voice to protest the breach of confidentiality by the 2000 Supreme Court law clerks regarding Bush v. Gore. Only illegality or unethical judicial conduct could possibly justify violating the confidentiality between clerk and court — and Vanity Fair would surely not be the proper forum. (see law.com; via Legal Reader)
Overlawyered.com points to a telling column in the Boston Globe, Why the 9/11 fund was a mistake. Besides all the greed and deceit, Jeff Jacoby echoes my feelings: “To begin with, there was the injustice of having the feds bestow multimillion-dollar jackpots on the Sept. 11 families when countless other families struck by tragedy get nothing.”
Enough. Let’s all leave Howard alone and hope he (1) was using irony and (2) continues his 20 Questions.
Today’s TISK! update reveals where f/k/a stands on passive lying by lawyers, contingency fee ethics, Stanley Fish, the dreaded “haiku syllable myth,” and more.
A hat tip from this “liberal” competition-consumer advocate to Prof. Bainbridge, for his stance on importing drugs from Canada. Beyond the conservative opponents, I wonder who the Democrats opposing importation think they are protecting.
for the long-overdue Stuart Levine at 
for Matt Homann at 
for Jeralyn Merritt at 