I subscribe to trials, essays, and experiments on Substack, and now I blog to convince myself they are worth the discounted $4.80 a month to read newly set copy, pre-proof in non-newspaper-speak, and though I know I don’t know many legal fly-bys nor their better balderdash nor baloney, I know proof is a soluble mixture, and as a well-driller seeking solutions, I let it point me like a dowsing rod in a direction I haven’t yet trekked. We press on: Proof.