Month: September 2009

I guess I have to start this post by admitting that I am getting a little hooked on ABC's new series, Shark Tank, modelled (I assume) on the BBC's Dragons'…

Last night I watched a rerun of Law and Order SVU -- about someone who faked multiple personality disorder to get away with killing her parents (she was found not…

Steven Conn's Do Museums Still Need Objects, which will be published next month by Penn Press, is yet another book I want to read.  I'll pick up a copy when…

Sonia Sotomayor arrives at the Court this week for a special session, capping off a long and often heated debate about her qualifications, her ideology, and her potential impact on…

We're pleased to welcome Jeff Yates as a guest here at the Lounge.  Jeff is a professor of political science at Binghamton University (aka SUNY Binghamton).  Jeff moved to Binghamton…

Alex Tabarrok, Sally Satel, and Frank Delmonico on Putting A Price On Organ Donation. (Al Roth) Also via Al Roth: The current issue of the American Journal of Transplantation contains…

Regular Lounge readers should be well-versed by now in the University of California’s woes, since we covered it here, here, here, and here.  Now the drama continues as professors gear…

Identify these members of baseball's hall of fame by their nicknames:Whitey.  Pudge.  Yaz.  Sparky.  Yogi.  Dizzy.  Catfish.Too easy, right?  Edward "Whitey" Ford (aka "The Chairman of the Board").  Carlton "Pudge"…

In recent years, a number of senior colleagues - who I won't name here for fear of embarrassing them - have helped me out in the professional context by both…

I couldn’t think of a better word beginning with “T” to represent India, so that will have to do.  Regular readers know that I am a fan of the blog,…