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Robert Kahn
Deputy editor emeritus, Courthouse News
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Prosecutors seek ignorant jurors with tin ears
Our jury selection process, voir dire, allows attorneys to strike a prospective juror who has expertise in the issue before the court. This has led to some idiotic rulings in the music industry.
How I became obnoxious
I became obnoxious this week, but it wasn’t my fault. I was in the doctors’ waiting room and something jiggled in my pocket. No, not that.
Tiny, greedy swarming ants
We are all living in a horrifying short story written by Italo Calvino in 1954: “The Argentine Ant.” O, yes we are.
Shohei Ohtani for President
He was born in Japan, so Shohei Ohtani cannot be our president. But what the hell, neither today’s Congress, Supreme Court nor 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. give a damn about the Constitution, so why shouldn’t we elect Shohei?
A horrible experiment revealed
Reluctantly, I allowed my friend Ryan, an IT guy, to tell me how Artificial Intelligence could improve my columns. Then I asked The AI Demon to rewrite this column in the style of Shakespeare, then in the style of Franz Kafka.
Dogs confess! Exclusive to Courthouse News!
After a groundbreaking investigation, Courthouse News can report an in-depth interview with two Big Dogs: Titus and Cleo.
All hail a horse’s ass!
Let’s talk about traditional values and Western Civilization. And let’s start with Caligula and Incitatus.
Bienvenidos a mi país
Here’s a proposal that could make our country happier, calmer, safer and more wonderful, and will infuriate millions of my countrymen for no good reason. We should make Spanish our second national language.