Eugene Flynn
@ejflynn.bsky.social
Law student at The University of Tulsa College of Law
Has that ever stopped the thought leaders from thinking this time it will be different? There's an Arrested Development quote that I can't find that would be perfect here.
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Has that ever stopped the thought leaders from thinking this time it will be different? There's an Arrested Development quote that I can't find that would be perfect here.
They’re almost all in French. Still good advice.
May 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
They’re almost all in French. Still good advice.
Depends. Did the federal district courts survive the Flame Deluge? Records are spotty.
May 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Depends. Did the federal district courts survive the Flame Deluge? Records are spotty.
His peers don’t have models like Ignatius, Francis, or Dominic? Catholic students falling for these identity grifters should be embarrassing for everyone involved.
May 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
His peers don’t have models like Ignatius, Francis, or Dominic? Catholic students falling for these identity grifters should be embarrassing for everyone involved.
Pedantically, wouldn’t “prior to” mean that nothing else could be before that category? “Time immemorial” seems to cover everything from the Big Bang to 1189.
April 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Pedantically, wouldn’t “prior to” mean that nothing else could be before that category? “Time immemorial” seems to cover everything from the Big Bang to 1189.
I wonder how many people are on X or Truth Social just for gathering evidence.
April 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I wonder how many people are on X or Truth Social just for gathering evidence.
Probably, but that itself is bad. “Misusing the powers of the presidency to subvert the authority of the United States” moves the needle for some people. It doesn’t matter if they should have been persuaded before; convincing them now is itself worthwhile.
April 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Probably, but that itself is bad. “Misusing the powers of the presidency to subvert the authority of the United States” moves the needle for some people. It doesn’t matter if they should have been persuaded before; convincing them now is itself worthwhile.
I’ve been thinking about Chesterton’s fence a lot recently. I can’t understand how anyone who considers themselves conservative sides with the people dropping napalm on anything resembling a gate.
April 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I’ve been thinking about Chesterton’s fence a lot recently. I can’t understand how anyone who considers themselves conservative sides with the people dropping napalm on anything resembling a gate.
“… the point of jail is to make sure people show up to court.” You get it right in the article, but this is a disappointing way to phrase this. It’s a duty of jails to get people to court on time. If we’re depriving people of their liberty just to get them to show up, that’s a bigger problem.
March 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
“… the point of jail is to make sure people show up to court.” You get it right in the article, but this is a disappointing way to phrase this. It’s a duty of jails to get people to court on time. If we’re depriving people of their liberty just to get them to show up, that’s a bigger problem.
Reposted by Eugene Flynn
It's told by Thomas More at the end of his History of Richard III (c.1525): a fable that the lion announces execution of all horned beasts, and another with a lump on its forehead flees the forest: "Why fleest thou? That's no horn on thy head" "Aye, but what if he call it a horn, where am I then?"
March 28, 2025 at 8:08 AM
It's told by Thomas More at the end of his History of Richard III (c.1525): a fable that the lion announces execution of all horned beasts, and another with a lump on its forehead flees the forest: "Why fleest thou? That's no horn on thy head" "Aye, but what if he call it a horn, where am I then?"