I started a blog a couple of weeks ago regarding the questionable state of contemporary legal education, which I initially authored anonymously, for reasons I explain in a couple of the recent posts. Those interested in the general topic may wish to visit. Those not...
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Verizon workers have called off their strike, the nation's largest in the past 4 years, after the company agreed to temporarily extend the contract and come back to the bargaining.
In what is being billed as the biggest act of climate change civil disobedience in history, a group of 70 environmental activists, including Bill McKibben and Dan Choi, are sitting-in.
Among his numerous claims to fame, I suppose Henry was the closest thing to a proper mascot we've ever had at LGM. Back in the day, when I could be counted on to write about much of anything at all, I mentioned him quite frequently,...
Rule #1 of sports broadcasting--always, always, always compare a player to someone of the same racial background. At Baseball Prospectus (not sure how much of this you can see without.
Rebecca Traister has a terrific piece about counterfactuals and the 2008 primary. Amanda has some comments as well. Traister does a good job of outlining the where there may have.
I think I agree with Paul's interpretation of the clip of Perry babbling nonsense about sex ed. While I agree in general that Perry isn't very bright, I think in this case the bobbing and weaving isn't a sign of stupidity so much as that...
If the alternative was trying to defend a wide variety of crackpot views, I'd eat popovers and run too.
I don't even know if Jimmy Carter drinks alcohol, but this Tom Philpott piece on the struggles of the beer conglomerates to keep control over the market suggests that no.
Matt has some useful additions to my post yesterday on presidential power. On the second term, one could add the the 2005 bankruptcy "reform," which again involved legislation supported by powerful interests, an issue that doesn't divide the Republican coalition, and key support from parasite-state...
I have a column up at the Prospect about the decision of the BART transit police to -- in the ignoble tradition of the Alien and Sedition Acts -- cut.
It's been interesting watching how Wisconsin and Ohio have dealt with their individual union-busting Tea Party legislatures and governors. Wisconsin got all the press. In fact, I was pretty disappointed.