Eton’s Ethically Equivocal Entrance Exam Essay
Students seeking entry to one of Britain’s most prestigious secondary schools were asked a morally difficult question.
Author: Burt Likko
Pseudonymous Portlander. Pursuer of happiness. Bon vivant. Homebrewer. Atheist. Recovering Republican. Recovering Catholic. Recovering divorcé. Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of Ordinary Times. Relapsed Lawyer, admitted to practice law (under his real name) in California and Oregon. There's a Twitter account at @burtlikko, but not used for posting on the general feed anymore.
House Likko's Words:
Scite Verum.
Colite Iusticia.
Vivere Con Gaudium.
Presidential Standards and Fitness
If you want to grumble about the lack of fitness and standards for the Presidency, you should start by articulating what those standards are
Trump Indictment (Events of January 6, 2021): Read It For Yourself
Donald Trump has been indicted again, this time for four charges arising from the events leading up to and on January 6. Read It For Yourself
A Paucity Of Limits, By Stipulation: 303 Creative v Elenis
Burt Likko argues that the ruling in the “gay wedding website” case is best understood in a particular context, and he really doesn’t like what he sees when he does that.
Shake Shack, Suspect Specie, and Sane Stewardship of the State
In which Burt Likko buys and eats a ridiculously expensive burger, considers the merits of creating a ridiculously valuable coin, and contemplates what to do about the ridiculously dangerous spectacle of debt ceiling brinksmanship.
She Might Have Become The Governor
Shemia Fagan had a bright future, plausibly on track to become Governor of Oregon. Today, a scandal forced her to resign her public office.
When The Black Dog Goes For A Walk
Depression can kill. Sir Winston Churchill spoke of those moments when the black dog came to visit him. Like Sir Winston, when I need to, I can rise to the occasion despite my brain being a little bit out of whack.
My First Monday Without Twitter
Without Twitter my source of information is about to change. I sat down to drink coffee and eat breakfast and wondered about… Twitter.
SCOTUS and Moore v Harper: To Be Democratic Or To Seem Democratic
Burt Likko previews Moore v. Harper, the SCOTUS case about the subtle and obscure but potentially explosive Independent State Legislature doctrine.
The Return of the Elk
The Rose City’s back in business, and Burt Likko thinks that it’s high time the city regains one of its quirky icons to symbolize this.
Providing Opportunities To Form A Misunderstood And Insincere Patriotism
Think intentionally and critically about the words of the Pledge of Allegiance sometime between now and the next time you’re asked to join in a public recital
Navajo Code Talker Samuel Sandoval Passes; Only Three Code Talkers Remain
From the Arizona Mirror: One of the few remaining Navajo Code Talkers, Samuel Sandoval, died at the age of 98. “Sam was a great warrior. (He) served his country well; especially using the top...
Capacious, Ordered Liberty
The phrase “ordered liberty” reminds me the reasons the Framers abandoned the Articles of Confederation and created the Federal Constitution
Summing Up Justice Alito’s Draft Opinion in Dobbs v Mississippi
To sum up the draft opinion on abortion, Justice Alito focuses on the abstract intellectual and legal origins of rights.
Discretion Has No Substitute: Lessons In Moving The Overton Window
Burt Likko on moving the Overton Window and lessons taught by his predecessor upon these pages, the Blues Brothers, & William F. Buckley, Jr.
Alternate Electors: The Illusion and Pretense of Lawfulness to the Unlawful
The “alternative electoral certificates” and “alternate electors” were intended to provide the illusion of lawfulness to the unlawful.
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn: The Sociosexual Kobayashi Maru
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn is maybe the art-housiest of every art-house movie I’ve seen in at least the past ten years
Nine Days Of American Justice
Burt Likko reviews a tumultuous week and a half in America’s justice system, and muses about its larger implications.
They’ll Think Themselves Victims: Scenes From An Oregon Attorney’s Office
In which pro-vaccination employment attorney Burt Likko is repeatedly asked to help people avoid their employers’ vaccination mandates.
