Postcards from Palookaville

Two legal stories caught my eye today. In the first , drinkers are suing Anheuser-Busch for watering down its beers, such as Budweiser and Michelob. While I could sympathise with someone suing the company for calling their products 'beer,' I find this suit very odd. It is surely akin to suing a...

Two legal stories caught my eye today. In the first , drinkers are suing Anheuser-Busch for watering down its beers, such as Budweiser and Michelob. While I could sympathise with someone suing the company for calling their products 'beer,' I find this suit very odd. It is surely akin to suing a...

Please don't think I am stalking Denny Burk. I would not dare: he is bigger and stronger than me and probably packs heat; in comparison, I am just a small, unarmed Englishman. Still, at the risk of appearing to have an unhealthy interest in his life and career, I note that that he has drawn the...

Please don't think I am stalking Denny Burk. I would not dare: he is bigger and stronger than me and probably packs heat; in comparison, I am just a small, unarmed Englishman. Still, at the risk of appearing to have an unhealthy interest in his life and career, I note that that he has drawn the...

Denny Burk is on a roll this week. His comments on the latest furore surrounding Tim Tebow's withdrawal from a church engagement are most apposite. Now, I have no sensitivity to (or sympathy with) American 'sports,' so, I am guessing TT is somewhat like Euan Murray but with protective pads, just so...

Denny Burk is on a roll this week. His comments on the latest furore surrounding Tim Tebow's withdrawal from a church engagement are most apposite. Now, I have no sensitivity to (or sympathy with) American 'sports,' so, I am guessing TT is somewhat like Euan Murray but with protective pads, just so...

When you wash your hands in the rest room and drop the paper towel into the rubbish bin, you notice one of your own articles screwed up and lying on top of the trash. As Donna Summer once sang, 'I feel love.'

When you wash your hands in the rest room and drop the paper towel into the rubbish bin, you notice one of your own articles screwed up and lying on top of the trash. As Donna Summer once sang, 'I feel love.'

Denny Burk offers a helpful reminder that it is good to read blogs before actually criticising them. I do hope that the next Rob Bell book (which I have not read, nor, despite the rumours, critiqued) uses sources somewhat more appropriately than the last one . If so, no-one will be happier than me.

Denny Burk offers a helpful reminder that it is good to read blogs before actually criticising them. I do hope that the next Rob Bell book (which I have not read, nor, despite the rumours, critiqued) uses sources somewhat more appropriately than the last one . If so, no-one will be happier than me.