" 'Look at this. We ought to sue the groundhog'.”

The groundhog lawsuit.

"A Lady Physician of Medicine"

Brooklyn, New York, 1952. I described earlier—here and here—how some doubted Mom's medical training. Mom hired a lawyer to expedite receipt of her medical-school paperwork. Here's the transcript the university supplied when Mom applied for an Illinois license.

"Lap dancing is a vague phrase: it covers a lot of sins."

News from the home town: The Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo amend their lawsuit against their neighbor, the "Allure" strip club.

The view from the other side.

Kenosha, Wisconsin, April 7, 2000. The courthouse is lovely, but sitting in a wooden chair all day was hard on the back.

"The choice to leave academia does not have to mean life as a barista."

"So why are humanities Ph.D.s outside academia so invisible? One reason is that within academic departments there is a culture of stigmatizing doctoral candidates who take non-academic posts, making them less inclined to stick around and contribute to debates about the future of the field."

A professor told me if my dissertation were dull, then I would work at an insurance company.

Classic Courthouse

Kenosha, Wisconsin, April 7, 2000. I traveled to Kenosha with the Wisconsin Supreme Court for its "Justice on Wheels" program.

Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival

Yesterday, a friend and I attended the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival in Jefferson.

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The vendors' booths filled two barns on the Jefferson County Fairgrounds property. This structure must have been used as a horse stable.

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The market reminded me of the one at the Knit In, but this one was much larger.

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Homestead Sheep and Fiber displayed some beautifully dyed yarns.

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I hadn't been to Jefferson in about thirteen years.

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There are quite a few law offices in town.

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We enjoyed a delicious and reasonably priced lunch here.

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Where have the old county courthouses gone?

A familiar free-speech issue ...

... arises in Lithuania.

"Butterfingers"

Check your pockets before you go to court.