Month: November 2008

How much is a laptop worth?  If you're a first year law student, one hell of a lot.  That's  a painful lesson freelance burglar Gabriel Saucedo learned when he broke into…

I like to create lists of useful food-related information. Foodies will surely want to consult my list of America's Best Restaurants before hitting the road.  So here, as a result ...

I've noticed that tip baskets in local independent cafes often seem overstuffed compared to the jars at Starbucks.  Blog commenters have previously noted that neighborhood Starbucks stores garner more tip revenue…

The U.S. Army has set December 10 as the execution date for Pvt. Ronald Gray.  He is slated to be killed at the Federal Correctional Institution in Terre Haute, Indiana. …

I love political cartoons.  Effective artists can capture events so perfectly that their very success demonstrates, by implication, the limits of words.  Res ipsa.  At bigpicture's posterous we find a collection of political…

The results from the Show Me State are finally in, and it turns out that McCain beat Obama in Missouri by a paltry 3,632 votes. It may be a minor detail,…

This morning, on NPR,  I heard Alabama Senator Richard Shelby criticizing proposed bailouts of the auto industry.  This isn't a crazy position.  Perhaps Shelby, the ranking member of the Senate…

Thanks to Patrick O'Donnell for pointing me towards this post over at Legal Ethics Forum.  There's been a good discussion - with valuable links - pondering the future of indigent…

Surely the headline of the day: Nebraska Parents Rush to Leave Kids Before Law Changes In the one of the most stalwart family values states, parents rush to dump their ...

Over at White Collar Crim Prof Blog, Ellen Podgor has her White Collar Crime wishlist for the Obama administration.  Some very good ideas - and the good news is that…