Editor’s note, 12/8/16: When Mr. Horton wrote this in April we laughed. We’re re-posting this now, because satire has become reality. On Saturday night, somewhere in South Carolina, Donald J. Trump became the 45th President of the United States. And he did it with all the triumphalism, arrogance and crotch-thrusting vulgarity of a Van Halen…


On Trolling
In the summer of 2012 I had just completed my second year of law school, and I had landed a coveted internship at the local public defenders’ office. However, within a few weeks of working there, it became painfully obvious that there was not a whole lot for me to do. So out of a…

Throwing Bricks At Donald Trump’s House: Thoughts On Fleeting Interactions With Celebrities
Editor’s Note: This was written long before any of us ever considered that Donald Trump would be the actual, for real, president of this country. Surreal. I figured everybody on that street had at least a million dollars more than I did. So I set about doing what any disheveled 22 year old on Melrose…

12 Things I'm Sorry I Learned on Twitter This Week
Lest you have any anxiety about what you miss while you make a living, we’ve been busy keeping our eyes on the Twitter prize for you
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How to livetweet like a Twitter pro from a really important conference

Bitter Lawyer Rules Twitter!
Business Insider names Bitter Lawyer in top 20 legal Twitter stars

Bitter Vault: O.J. Simpson Trial: Where Are They Now?
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BREAKING: Rob Kardashian, Jr. Is Going to USC Law School. Or Is He?
Robert Kardashian Jr. tweets that he’s going to USC Law School! Well, maybe. He needs to apply and get accepted first.

Bitter Brief 10: Diversity, Twitter, and Casey Anthony
[powerpress] The long weekend is over, and Kimber is much the worse for wear after her birthday celebration goes awry, Mark takes the legal profession to task for its shameful lack of meaningful diversity, we have a titter over the Fox Twitter controversy, and our Casey Anthony verdict predictions turn out to be way off target. Subscribe to…

I Know Why The Caged Weiner Tweets
Full disclosure—pun entirely unintentional—I was once the (horrified) recipient of a (mostly) unsolicited picture text of a man’s junk. In light of the recent prevalence of news coverage on the Wiener2 scandal, I’m feeling as if the universe is calling on me to share my experience, lest any similarly-situated women fall prey to the same…