Posts Tagged Obiter Dicta

Aigamemnon (A Fragment)

CLYTAEMNESTRA
Citizens of Argos, you Elders present here, I shall not be ashamed to confess in your presence my fondness for my CEO, billions of dollars of losses notwithstanding.

First and foremost, it is a terrible evil for a wife to sit forlorn at one of her several homes, severed from her husband, always hearing many malignant […]


Empty Questions

Two choices only.


The Best of Me

Highlights.


Purchasing the Right Personality for College

Consulting companies make you less boring to college admisisons officers.


Dick Cheney Shilling for Andersen

Laugh. Cry. You decide.


Eternal Ambition, Single Goal, er, Ryan and Jacob

Kids! This is what happens when you don’t read enough!


Minority Report’s Vision of the Future

Minority Report gives us a detailed vision of Washington, D.C. in 2054. Is it plausible?


I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag…

Reading the newspapers this morning, I’m struck by the fascinating reaction to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision that the phrase `under God’ in the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional. The response from legal commentators is that the decision will be overturned quickly, and rightly so. The reasoning is that the Supreme Court has […]


Jumping into the abyss

The Irish Times quotes a senior Indian military officer today:

“They (the governing Bharatiya Janata Party) are fully aware that if they try backing down or blinking (in front of Pakistan) this time round, they face political oblivion,” said an officer, declining to be identified.

I’m wondering what sort of mind reasons like this, to the conclusion […]