Month: December 2009

Peeps.   The adorable marshmallow favorites that are a staple of many a child's diet during the Easter season.   Who can resist the sugary and spongy bunnies and chicks?…

The University of Massachusetts--Dartmouth law school, that is.  The U. Mass. board of trustees has approved the acquisition of the Southern New England School of Law (SNESL).  According the South…

Cancer is a leading cause of death, and colon cancer is one of its more fatal forms.   Many physicians recommend that a patient undergo a colonoscopy at the age…

Driving back from the AALS, I stopped for gas in Ashland and thought I'd go by and check out Randolph Macon College.  One of RMC's antebellum presidents, William A. Smith,…

As I'm beginning to emerge from (or at least can see the possibility of emerging from) a semester of lots and lots of teaching and service, I'm starting to accumulate…

Or at least the naming rights.  Via Wired Science: Retired NBA player Luc Longley, who won three straight championships with former Tarheel Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls, recently bestowed…

The Harvard Crimson has news of recently unveiled retirement packages for faculty who agree to retire.  Of much interest to me is the report that 24% of Harvard faculty in…

I highly recommend Sonia Fulop.  She did a great job with Transformations in America Legal History. All of this talk of copy editing reminds me of what seems to be an…

Not sure if hell will freeze over today.  But Houston is expected to break a record for its earliest recorded snowfall, with flurries by noon and perhaps two inches of…

Dean Samuel M. Davis, who has been leading the University of Mississippi School of Law for an impressive 12 years, will be stepping down this summer.  His letter to Ole…