P.S. A Column On Things

By PAUL E. SCHINDLER JR. I am from Portland, Oregon, Beaumont ’66, Benson High ’70, MIT ’74. Some things are impossible to know, but it is impossible to know these things.

This and That

March 1, 2026


Reincarnation Songs

My latest reincarnation song How Many Times (Have We Been Together) went up on Spotify today, joining my other reincarnation song, If Offered A Choice.

An historic look at Scalia

Scalia: Once a Bully, Always A Bully. The justice apparently has changed a bit in 17 years. Well, OK, he’s probably worse.

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Mononymic

Look for a new word to creep into vocabulary, at least journalism vocabulary. Mononymic does something journalists loved; it shortens a description, “Cher, who only goes by one name,” can be rendered as “the Mononymic Cher. Like wildfire it will catch on.

Plugging My Own Song

The first song I wrote for a woman, My First Real Kiss, is based on a true story, but not mine. The Spotify version is called Made the Room Swirl” because in a search for that title, mine was the first song, as opposed to My First Kiss, where my song was 10th on a list of ten.

What Am I?

I have just learned that I am a sillograph, which means I write parodies.

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Having been employed at Eugene Scalia's then-law firm at the time, I can tell you that it was well known his compensation excluded any draws based on the firm's Supreme Court practice (which was and is substantial). Because there was no financial benefit to the son, the father was not required to recuse himself. (BTW, I never met Gene, who was based in a different office.)

Posted by: Robert E. MalchmanMarch 02, 2026 at 02:09 PM

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