No, I’m not talking about John Kerry’s debate answers, the size of the Tax Code, or even
the myth of the 17-syllable haiku. It’s f/k/a‘s own punditry, which lately has not even come
close to the one-breath promise made to ourselves and our readers. Fighting my own proclivity
to prolixity will not be easy. But, I’m going to try harder. If you wanted wind-bag punditry, you’d
go elsewhere [links omitted to protect the guilty].
Let’s get back to priority #1 — good haiku. Here are two from teacher-poet Tom Painting:
fallen leaves
the child in her
gives a kick
pickup truck
an old retriever
laps the wind
credits: “fallen leaves: — The Heron’s Nest 5.9 (Sept. 2003)
“pickup truck” — The Heron’s Nest 5.5 (May 2003)
Important lawyer fitness-rehabilitation question in Florida: should 25-year old beating death
preclude ex-cop?
Rick Klau points to Barack Obama’s open thread. We asked about tort reform.
If Americans re-elect G.W. Bush, will foreigners still say they hate our government but not our people?
Check out Evan Schaeffer’s post on the ubiquitous, brash, frank Uncivil Litigator [yes, “our” UCL], [update 7 PM] which has become an interesting conversation on anonymous weblogging.
