The Washington Team Owner Speaks
I can't believe the lamesteam media has ignored the epiphany that came to the owner of the Washington football team a couple of days ago.He has realized that without the African-American communities in...
View ArticleHow Did I Miss That? Missile-Launch Selfies; Just Say No to Sex in Texas
Ray Sixkiller is back for his weekly scamper around the headlines.I am informed by a comment thread on another diary that I'd best explain myself more often.I cannot paste the whole column here because...
View ArticleThe Ph.D. Crisis in Indian Country
This was to be a weekend of data entry for my income taxes. TurboTax wants to triple what they charge to file Schedules C and D, and I have to either pay up or enter a lot of stuff for myself the first...
View ArticleWhither Kentucky Bigotry?
Saw the emotional video clip of Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway, who wants to run for Governor and knows he may have just sunk himself by refusing to appeal the federal decision holding,...
View ArticleHow to Save Ukraine...or Not
It might be good to have the nice young men in the clean white coats pick up Sen. Lindsey Graham and sideline him until the crisis is past. NATO is not going to strangle Russia and the idea of...
View ArticleHow Did I Miss That? Goldman, Sachs: Vampire Squid; Merle Haggard
This is to announce that the new Ray Sixkiller column is up, and I've got a little back story for you.I've mentioned before that I have little control over what goes in the head or what picture goes on...
View ArticleGays, Redskins, and MLK: The US is Still Raising Arizona
Arizona is at it again, and “it” goes back to when Arizona was a territory rather than a state. The New York Times reported on October 12, 1885 about a proposal in New Mexico to reinstate a $250 bounty...
View ArticleCorporate Roach Motel
If you ever thought that passing a Bar exam would exempt you from corporate policies that grind down non-lawyers, you were wrong.A machine is a machine and it grinds everyone in range.This letter is...
View ArticleHow Did I Miss That? Russians Drop Panties; Chinese Takeout
This posting comes from a judicial conference in Galveston, where I was just grossed out by a Republican audience reaction I will be writing about when I get home.I post now just to get it up because...
View ArticleNazi Equality
In this country, we joke that the first person to mention the Nazis in a political argument, loses. The point being that the Nazis etched permanent lines in the far end of the yardstick of evil and no...
View ArticleSyrian Evil and What Americans Believe
The talks over Syria have gone nowhere and so the chorus rises again."Obama is a wuss.""Something must be done.""Nobody will take us seriously if we do not act."As before, the only action on the table...
View ArticleHow Did I Miss That? Suicide Belts, Witch Hunts & Deadly Music
Cousin Ray Sixkiller is back with rather grim headlines.Something happened to my "like" counter last week, but my editor assured me the clicks were OK.Don't be alarmed by the scary stuff. I don't get...
View ArticleSome Stuff IS Exceptional
I've been having some conversations that remind me how culture bound we are, and I mean particularly American lawyers.Many years ago, a judge from a country I would rather not name except to say it was...
View ArticleWho is Gaming the System Better? The Rich or the Poor?
I've been wanting to get this off my chest for a long time.
View ArticleHow Did I Miss That? Scanning Body Parts; Clay Aiken's Giraffe
Cousin Ray Sixkiller has arrived and would appreciate any clicks, likes, or forwards you are in a position to bestow. Also, if you missed last week's column, the likes have been hung for several days...
View ArticleStephen King Causes Horror
http://www.salon.com/...I join Mr. King's foray into this minefield below the fleur-de-kos, with the hope I can avoid stepping on the many mines.
View ArticleHow Did I Miss That? Penguins Endangered; Sex-Crazed Women Attack!
OK, Ray Sixkiller and I are here with our weekly beg for clicks.I've published so much dead serious stuff this week, I don't know how the serious humor will fly, but there's only one way to find out.
View ArticleRemembering Pete Seeger
When I think about it, the idea that Pete would survive Toshi for long was pretty silly. Pete famously referred to Toshi as “the brains of the family.” She walked on last year at age 91; Pete this year...
View ArticleOld Men Still Dream
Age brings introspection.When you retire, when you withdraw from the daily hurly-burly to live on your pension (if you are lucky enough to have a pension), it dawns on you that whatever you will...
View ArticleGOP Bad Faith
Fellow Kossacks, I posted a rant of a diary earlier tonight saying I would not be staying up for the State of the Union.This will not be much of a diary, but I think it's important to say that the...
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