I write about people — mine and others, ordinary and extraordinary — the systems we live within, and the things we think we understand. Usually, I start with a memory or something specific to me and my life. But it depends on which of my Substacks we’re talking about: I have three, as you can see below. So with Probable Cause, I’m often in a courtroom or some other legal environ or situation. And with Reading the Tape we’re doing pattern recognition — and not always with a stock chart. But my favorite — Coffee and a Corndog — ranges all over the place, from the story of green M&Ms, to the love of my life and how she got her name, to the mean son of a bitch that turned my nose into bloody confetti.
These are the places where those thoughts land.
Coffee and a Corndog
Unlikely breakfast. Unexpected thoughts.
These are my own personal essays about memory, love, doubt, and the things we get wrong about one another. I almost always start with something from my own life, follow it into a larger question, and see what comes back.
Stories that don’t cause heartburn. Usually. No guarantees.
A Few Good Essays from Coffee and a Corndog
Probable Cause
Law, power, and the stories we’re told.
Writing from my perspective as a criminal defense attorney: how the law works, how it fails people, and what it takes to question the assumptions behind it. I’m the analytical lion in the court, ripping apart their stories with stories of my own.
A Few Good Essays from Probable Cause
Reading the Tape
Trading, investing, and learning to make decisions when certainty is unavailable. Observations from the market — and from the person trying to make sense of it. But Reading the Tape is not just about markets. It’s about the skill of pattern recognition which I was forced to develop at a very young age and how it applies to all areas of life.
