Month: July 2009

The Financial Times is reporting that Tuesday’s spike in oil prices to their highest level this year was caused by a rogue broker who placed a large bet in the…

In honor of July Fourth, I thought I'd talk a little bit about our nation's racial politics.  In particular, about the role that racial politics play in political thought. Professor…

Readers may recall this post during my stint in March as a guest blogger, when I discussed Michael Goldsmith (one of my BYU law profs, and pictured), his battle with…

Fast on the heels of the United States Senate's apology for slavery and Jim Crow comes news that two firms in the United Kingdom (Rothschild, the merchant bank and the…

In this four part series on law school culture, incentives, and dysfunction, I reviewed some of the arguments in favor of and against the tenure system and maintained that moving…

This morning's Tusacloosa News brings news that my former colleague and friend  Susan Pace Hamill, a law professor at the University of Alabama, is running for the Alabama state legislature. Hamill's…

BYU:  revises university's internet network block of Youtube website.  Story here.Liberty University:  issues new policy to regulate on-campus political clubs.  Story here.

I just started reading The Long Tail by Chris Anderson, and was struck by the second paragraph of the acknowledgments.  Anderson expresses tremendous appreciation for the support of his family…

I'm way behind on my pleasure reading, so it’s only been in recent weeks that I have read Jeffrey Toobin’s book, “The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme…

The weak economy seems to be yielding exceptionally positive admission results for one law school.  According to ATL, The University of Miami School of Law has sent a letter to ...