Comparison: Civics lesson to the government: Administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to itself do not pass probable cause muster. That is called the fox guarding the henhouse. The Constitution requires an independent judicial officer. . . . With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike, It is so ORDERED. On January 31, 2026, U.S. District Judge Fred Biery of the Western District of Texas ordered the immediate release of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his
Comparison: Creators are the coal shovelers who have allowed YouTube to move so far so fast, except the railroads used to pay their boilermen a wage. Creators work for free . . . Time magazine writer Belinda Luscombe reaches in her comparison to 19th Century rail life to describe the importance of video creators to YouTube's wild success story of late. YouTube creators--especially the exceptionally successful ones--may not notice the unrewarded sweat. Time for a whistle-stop
Comparison: There was always that slight sense of the anaconda in the chandelier if you got things wrong. BBC writer Greg McKevitt capturing the essence of Margaret Thatcher's approach to controlling decisions and meetings took us to the aquatic tropics for his comparison. If you appreciated the snake metaphor, you'd probably also like references elsewhere in the article concerning dead sheep, badger baiting, crocodiles, and backseat drivers (not to mention variegated cricket
