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• Dan Riffle wrote a new blog post: Can’t hardly believe that bio!!!   7 months ago
  

  So I’m watching Can’t Hardly Wait tonight – don’t ask, I just like it – and I was wondering where else I’d seen the kid who plays the dork that plots to embarrass the jock and karaokes Paradise City. So I IMDB the guy, and I was surprised to see that (a) I recognized him

• Dan Riffle wrote a new blog post: Funny People – Judd Apatow or William F. Buckley?   7 months ago
  

  Ross Douthat has a piece in the Times today commending Judd Apatow for his moviemaking skills; actually for his conservative moviemaking skills. Douthat argues that, in making a movie with real consequences and without the fluff, Funny People is Apatow’s most conservative, ergo best, movie yet.

  I’ve always had a problem with people who overanalyze, and

• Dan Riffle wrote a new blog post: CLE’s and Pro Bono Requirements   7 months ago
  

  I had a “Continuing Legal Education” class (CLE) in Columbus yesterday and it made me think. I’ve been a lawyer for going on a year now and I’ve been to 3-4 of these in the last year and numerous others while in law school. Never have I ever been to one that actually provided any

• Dan Riffle wrote a new blog post: Bill Clinton, home run hitter   7 months, 1 week ago
  

  Congrats to Bill on his latest superhero routine. Unlike a lot on the left, I think there’s something to the criticism about rewarding bad behavior and legitimizing the North Korean regime. Still, count me squarely in the camp that’s just happy for Ling and Lee to be home, finally.

  On a related note, anybody here have

• Dan Riffle wrote a new blog post: The Hurt Locker comes up short   7 months, 1 week ago
  

  Maybe I’m just a contrarian given all the rave reviews this movie’s been getting, but allow me to be the first to say I was disappointed with The Hurt Locker.

  For those of you unfamiliar with the film, it follows a 3-man bomb disposal unit in 2004 Baghdad through the last 30 days of their rotation

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