Various thoughts on current events with an emphasis on politics, legal issues, books, movies and whatever is on my mind. Emails can be sent to almostsanejoe@aol.com; please put "blog comments" in the subject line.
I talk about the current "lame duck" period here among other things. I think it's good to have some time between presidential terms. We can speed things up perhaps, but some time is a good idea.
