RBSonnenmoser
The Pinch; or, How It's Almost Impossible to Follow a Straight Flush with a Full House
A warning: no one’s gonna be happy all the way through. If you support the Defendant and want him to be the next President of the United...
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RBSonnenmoser
Mar 28, 202325 min read
Wax Critical
Amy Wax, an otherwise unremarkable law professor, has been much in the news. Not for scholarly breakthroughs or contributions to her...
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RBSonnenmoser
Dec 24, 20229 min read
Christmas Eve
We lost our dog, Frankie, yesterday. On December 23, 2022, our beloved rust-colored Miniature Pinscher died. He was twelve. He had kidney...
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RBSonnenmoser
Jan 14, 20216 min read
POTUS Defense: Merely an Advocate of Insurrection
There’s a game people play when opening their fortune cookies. You read your fortune out loud and add “in bed” at the end. It’s not so...
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RBSonnenmoser
Jan 7, 20215 min read
Josh Hawley Thinks You're Stupid
In “Dwight K. Schrute, (Acting) Manager,” from season 7 of The Office, Dwight Schrute, played by Rainn Wilson, accidently fires a gun at...
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RBSonnenmoser
Jun 29, 202030 min read
Keep On: Thoughts on the Moral Aftermath of the Murder of George Floyd
“The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent...
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RBSonnenmoser
Oct 13, 201913 min read
The Second Half of the Sentence
The phrase that got all the attention was “I would like you to do us a favor though.” Because we can hear it in the mouth of a movie...
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RBSonnenmoser
May 7, 201910 min read
Rejection Feeds Artistic Creation. Canceling Starves It. (Part 1 of 2)
I’ve been thinking a lot about rejection lately. Which is to say: I’m writing. The memoir I’ve been writing for the last few years is...
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RBSonnenmoser
May 7, 201911 min read
Rejection Feeds Artistic Creation. Cancellation Starves It. (Part 2 of 2)
During the "Ask Ellen" segment of Relatable, Degeneres invites a friend, the actor Laura Dern, who is sitting in the audience (next to...
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RBSonnenmoser
Feb 5, 201912 min read
Living with the Low Boil
A wildly inappropriate simmering rage that, to my shame, lives beneath even typical Saturdays Last weekend, Kori and I took our kids to...
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RBSonnenmoser
Jan 23, 20199 min read
These Storms Will Change You
A Review of Heather Harpham's Happiness I’ve been thinking a lot about this Facebook post by my friend and colleague John Gallaher:...
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RBSonnenmoser
Jan 10, 201911 min read
Messrs. Graves, Blunt, and Hawley,
Tear down this wall. They’re going to get jobs. I think I’m going to do very well with Hispanics. But we’re building a wall. He’s a...
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RBSonnenmoser
Jan 5, 20199 min read
“So, Whatever”: Why I Believe Christine Blasey Ford, Pt. 1
The 2018 election's over. Kavanaugh's been confirmed. He's earning a salary and writing opinions. So I know what I'm not doing: trying to...
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RBSonnenmoser
Jan 5, 201912 min read
“So, Whatever”: Why I Believe Christine Blasey Ford, Pt. 2
Because his calendars are calendars. Or: An exploration of why Brett Kavanaugh's conventions, codes, and stories only convinced me that...
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RBSonnenmoser
Jan 2, 20199 min read
Of Frogs in Drain Pipes
Do I write music and literary prose for the same reason that male frogs seek out cavernous spaces to amplify their voices? As a way to...
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