Ten years ago today, at 5:42 p.m. Eastern, Legal Insurrection published its first post, Obama is Door No. 2.

But why?

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Nine years ago today Legal Insurrection published its first post, Obama is Door No. 2.

For background on how we got started and have grown over the years, see our 7th Anniversary post, or scroll through our Blog Anniversary tag.

Last year I noted that while it was a difficult year personally, I was optimistic. That’s...

How time flies when you’re having fun.

Legal Insurrection went live on October 12, 2008. The first post was Obama is Door No. 2:

As in Let’s Make a Deal, choosing Door No. 2 carries great risks. So does choosing Obama.

Obama may be a post-racial healer, or he may be someone who carefully uses...

I can’t believe I missed Legal Insurrection’s 7th anniversary on October 12, 2015.

I even had the date on my calendar, but I’ve been so distracted lately I didn’t pay attention.

The lights were turned on here on

D.O.B. October 12, 2008

The first post was Obama is Door No. 2.  Read it. And weep.

How would I assess the world today as opposed to six years ago? We are a nation in decline by design, not by necessity.  People who don’t recognize that reality are fooling themselves.

As for us, I think...

You know the story why this blog was started on October 12, 2008 at 5:42 p.m.

Here’s what the blog looked like on November 15, 2008 and for the first 2 1/2 years while we were on Google Blogger (Yikes! It’s like looking at your junior high school photo):

Hey, look who our first two followers were, continuing commenter...

Four years ago today, the day the Legal Insurrection snowball started rolling down hill, the day after which there was no turning back, the day which meant I never would be a Czar in Obama’s America, the day on which I posted Obama is “Door  No. 2″:

Obama may be a post-racial...

October 12, 2008, a day which shall live in infamy.

The day of the first post at this thing called a blog which some guy decided to call Legal Insurrection:

Obama is “Door  No. 2″

It seemed like a good idea at the time.

Three years later the scorecard shows over 9,750,000 visits, 12,750,000 page views, 4,350 posts,...