Month: June 2009

Thanks to a pointer from Sally Greene, I learn this afternoon that the Senate has adopted a non-binding resolution that apologizes for slavery.  The resolution passed via a voice vote. ...

Further to a post I made the other day about the nature of "friends" on Facebook being more like imaginary friends from childhood than real flesh and blood people, I…

We've spoken before about the combination of beer and coffee.  Now a new installment in the coffee series.  This time it's about a thermos, coffee, and a parking space ....This…

Tom Coburn (pictured) is a U.S. Senator from Oklahama.  (We may become more familiar with him in days to come, given his membership on the Senate Judiciary Committee.)  His online…

Dan Markel is doing his part to facilitate the law school faculty search process by compiling a list of faculty appointments  committee chairs here.  As I argued , a lateral candidate…

I posted a while back when I was visiting at Concurring Opinions about the role of academic Centers within the law school enterprise.  That post didn't generate a lot of…

This week, Becker and Posner take on the Obama administration’s “Pay Czar,” with predictably critical reactions.  Posner, in particular, discusses an issue near and dear to my own heart (see…

Doug Berman points to an interesting opinion  from the Supreme Court of Missouri.  It raises some complicated standing issues under the Tenth Amendment and begs the question of whether a state…

Continental Airlines, which one study ranked as #5 for handling luggage, appears to have particular trouble with misplaced child passengers.  This weekend was particularly problematic for the airline, according to…

This seems like a lot of inside baseball, but those following Harvey Silverglate's attempt to get on the Harvard Board of Overseers will be interested in knowing that his petition…