It Makes a Lot More Sense in Context...

"To stay experimentation in things social and economic is a grave responsibility. Denial of the right to experiment may be fraught with serious consequences to the Nation. It is one of the happy incidents of the federal system that a single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.

"This Court has the power to prevent an experiment. We may strike down the statute which embodies it on the ground that, in our opinion, the measure is arbitrary, capricious or unreasonable. We have power to do this, because the due process clause has been held by the Court applicable to matters of substantive law as well as to matters of procedure.

"But in the exercise of this high power, we must be ever on our guard, lest we erect our prejudices into legal principles. If we would guide by the light of reason, we must let our minds be bold."

- Justice Louis Brandeis, New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann, 285 U.S. 262 (1932) (dissenting opinion).

Greatest Haiku Ever

In honor of Haiku Day (05-07-05... get it?), I present to you the best haiku ever, culled from the depths of the internets:

Drinking gin and juice
With my mind on my money
And conversely so.

President J-Lo

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Jennifer Lopez:

"I'm a total powerhouse. If you ask me, I'd like to become the first female president -- that would be really cool," J.Lo told German celebrity glossy Bravo in an issue to be published Wednesday. "The first thing I would do is redecorate the White House -- it doesn't look very cozy."

That sound you hear is the Women's Lib movement pulling its collective hair out. It's kind of hard to break a stereotype when one of the most famous women in the world is perpetuating it. Good thing the article doesn't perpetuate any other stereotypes.

"La Lopez", 35, said the best break from her growing entertainment empire is housekeeping. "Believe it or not -- I clean my house! All the stress disappears when I'm straightening up," she said.

You've gotta be kidding me. So we have "women as superficial" and "latinas as housekeepers" covered in the same article. At least there isn't any mention of Ben Affleck.

Lopez said she was sure after two divorces and her "Bennifer" engagement debacle with actor Ben Affleck that her marriage with singer Marc Anthony would last.

Ack! Jesus God! You wonder why I hate pop culture publications.

Oh, and if one more person refers to Affleck as a Boston's official "superfan" I'm going to kill someone. Ben Affleck sucks. Nobody made him our spokesperson. Actually, I was at that meeting and we distinctly elected Bill Simmons. I demand a recount!

Oh, by the way

For those of you who didn't get the joke, Darryl Kile died on June 22, 2002 of heart failure at the age of 33, while in Chicago for a weekend series against the Cubs.

Someone really should tell ESPN, because according to them he turned 36 back in November.

Hence the post.