Tag Archives: Daniel Mendelsohn

“Woke” Chronicles: Donald Trump said something that grabbed me

Posted on May 26, 2023 by Naomi

Not what you think and not where you think. It came when his videotaped bizarre deposition in the E. Jean Carroll lawsuit was shown on various media. It was remarkably disgusting, even for Trump, when he robotically claimed yet again, … Continue reading →

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Legal documents: So tell me again why legal documents are such lousy reads?

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Naomi

A New Yorker article about the modernization of the Vatican Library gives support to my contention that as long as (legal) documents are impossible to read, they give lawyers power over us. Continue reading →

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