Walter Olson
@walterolson.bsky.social
Writer on law etc.; Cato Institute. Election law, Maryland civic stuff, cooking. Blogged at Overlawyered back when. No kings, no tyrants.
Warm from the oven: Steve made castagnaccio, Tuscan chestnut cake with chestnut flour, chopped walnuts and pine nuts, raisins soaked in a bit of sweet wine, and rosemary, with pine nuts sprinkled on top.
November 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Warm from the oven: Steve made castagnaccio, Tuscan chestnut cake with chestnut flour, chopped walnuts and pine nuts, raisins soaked in a bit of sweet wine, and rosemary, with pine nuts sprinkled on top.
Oxtail stew in the style of Roman butchers (coda alla vaccinara), cooked for four hours, with celery, carrots, and white wine, served with boiled potatoes #foodsky #BlueskySupperClub
November 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Oxtail stew in the style of Roman butchers (coda alla vaccinara), cooked for four hours, with celery, carrots, and white wine, served with boiled potatoes #foodsky #BlueskySupperClub
Today was my scheduled ride along with our county fire department and yes, I got out on an actual fire. Fortunately it was extinguished before it could get into the house, no one was hurt and the damage was exterior only. Appreciate Battalion Chief Schultz and the firefighters of Station #29!
November 21, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Today was my scheduled ride along with our county fire department and yes, I got out on an actual fire. Fortunately it was extinguished before it could get into the house, no one was hurt and the damage was exterior only. Appreciate Battalion Chief Schultz and the firefighters of Station #29!
Pork shoulder and chickpeas braised with tomatoes and thyme #foodsky #BlueskySupperClub
November 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Pork shoulder and chickpeas braised with tomatoes and thyme #foodsky #BlueskySupperClub
Steve made two kinds of homemade German-style pumpernickel rolls as well as a full loaf not seen. The ones on the left use golden syrup as the sweetener. The ones on the right have cocoa powder in the dough as well as honey and raisins. #Foodsky #BlueskySupperClub
November 16, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Steve made two kinds of homemade German-style pumpernickel rolls as well as a full loaf not seen. The ones on the left use golden syrup as the sweetener. The ones on the right have cocoa powder in the dough as well as honey and raisins. #Foodsky #BlueskySupperClub
Tuna and white bean salad on a dish in a 1920s pattern, Maddock’s “Madras.” #foodsky #BlueskySupperClub
November 16, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Tuna and white bean salad on a dish in a 1920s pattern, Maddock’s “Madras.” #foodsky #BlueskySupperClub
Follow-up: another soup based on Sunday’s turkey stock, geared for even colder weather: butternut squash, onion and rosemary with a roasted sweet potato mashed in for body. Garnish is pan-fried apple slices and a little grated Parmesan doesn’t hurt. #foodsky #BlueskySupperClub
November 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Follow-up: another soup based on Sunday’s turkey stock, geared for even colder weather: butternut squash, onion and rosemary with a roasted sweet potato mashed in for body. Garnish is pan-fried apple slices and a little grated Parmesan doesn’t hurt. #foodsky #BlueskySupperClub
Mushroom and spinach soup using turkey stock as a base. The chopped mushrooms are part oyster mushrooms and part button. #foodsky #BlueskySupperClub
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Mushroom and spinach soup using turkey stock as a base. The chopped mushrooms are part oyster mushrooms and part button. #foodsky #BlueskySupperClub
Braised meatballs with leeks and celery adapted from Diane Kochilas, The Glorious Foods of Greece (2001). #BlueskySupperClub #foodsky
November 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Braised meatballs with leeks and celery adapted from Diane Kochilas, The Glorious Foods of Greece (2001). #BlueskySupperClub #foodsky
Cato statement on today’s tariff arguments at the Supreme Court: www.cato.org/news-release...
November 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Cato statement on today’s tariff arguments at the Supreme Court: www.cato.org/news-release...
Making the rounds.
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Making the rounds.
I spoke with Business Insider about how Congress is obliged to uphold its Constitutional role by confronting a President who unlawfully spends money that has not been appropriated by law.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I spoke with Business Insider about how Congress is obliged to uphold its Constitutional role by confronting a President who unlawfully spends money that has not been appropriated by law.
Link: www.aol.com/articles/whi...
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"The Old Issue," the Rudyard Kipling poem from 1899 from which we draw the phrase "No Truce With Kings," might make a good reading for the next #NoKings Day. This is an excerpt, full text at this link (h/t George L.): www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_o...
October 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
"The Old Issue," the Rudyard Kipling poem from 1899 from which we draw the phrase "No Truce With Kings," might make a good reading for the next #NoKings Day. This is an excerpt, full text at this link (h/t George L.): www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_o...
From the @newyorker.com "Daily" today.
The White House doesn't belong to him. He holds it in trust both for future occupants and for the American people.
Source: www.newyorker.com/newsletter/t...
The White House doesn't belong to him. He holds it in trust both for future occupants and for the American people.
Source: www.newyorker.com/newsletter/t...
October 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
From the @newyorker.com "Daily" today.
The White House doesn't belong to him. He holds it in trust both for future occupants and for the American people.
Source: www.newyorker.com/newsletter/t...
The White House doesn't belong to him. He holds it in trust both for future occupants and for the American people.
Source: www.newyorker.com/newsletter/t...
Pasta e ceci (pasta with chickpeas) adapted from the @ranchogordo.bsky.social Bean Book with rosemary from the garden; home cured bacon on side. #BlueskySupperClub #foodsky
October 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Pasta e ceci (pasta with chickpeas) adapted from the @ranchogordo.bsky.social Bean Book with rosemary from the garden; home cured bacon on side. #BlueskySupperClub #foodsky
The basic situation of Trump petitioning for $230 million from, in effect, himself (given his idea that the U.S. Department of Justice acts as a mere extension of presidential will) of course must ring a bell for Gilbert and Sullivan fans. /1
October 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The basic situation of Trump petitioning for $230 million from, in effect, himself (given his idea that the U.S. Department of Justice acts as a mere extension of presidential will) of course must ring a bell for Gilbert and Sullivan fans. /1
Apples stuffed with ground lamb and rice, an Armenian dish from Sonia Uvezian, Cooking from the Caucasus (1976). The apples were big local Ida Reds and the stuffing included dried apricots and prunes as well as plenty of tarragon from the garden. #BlueskySupperClub #foodsky
October 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Apples stuffed with ground lamb and rice, an Armenian dish from Sonia Uvezian, Cooking from the Caucasus (1976). The apples were big local Ida Reds and the stuffing included dried apricots and prunes as well as plenty of tarragon from the garden. #BlueskySupperClub #foodsky
Oh honey, it's even worse than that, some of them aren't just pretending.
October 18, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Oh honey, it's even worse than that, some of them aren't just pretending.
At the fourth birthday celebration for @theunpopulist.net “We started with 500 subscribers,” said founder Shikha Dalmia. “Now we have 32,000.”
October 17, 2025 at 1:02 AM
At the fourth birthday celebration for @theunpopulist.net “We started with 500 subscribers,” said founder Shikha Dalmia. “Now we have 32,000.”
With @cato.org legal associate Kimberly Coleman, who’s working on Cato’s amicus brief in Media Matters v. FTC defending @mmfa.bsky.social’s speech rights. I’m proud of Cato’s decades of work on the front lines in important First Amendment cases.
October 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
With @cato.org legal associate Kimberly Coleman, who’s working on Cato’s amicus brief in Media Matters v. FTC defending @mmfa.bsky.social’s speech rights. I’m proud of Cato’s decades of work on the front lines in important First Amendment cases.