Month: January 2010

My co-author’s spouse, Adam Broome (Vice President-Legal, General Counsel & Secretary at Cree, Inc.), is a super-interesting guy for a whole lot of reasons, not the least of which is his…

It is sad news to report that a friend of mine, Paul Jones, has passed away.  I got to know Dr. Jones in 2004, after he sent me a letter…

Via Tyler Cowen, from Barking Up The Wrong Tree: “[P]itchers from the southern United States were more likely to hit batters in these situations, but primarily if the batter was…

So Avatar has passed Titanic as history's highest-grossing film, with worldwide ticket sales of $1.86 billion (story here and list here).Yeah, but we all recognize that ticket prices today are…

Good news for those of you looking to move into academic administration.  The deanship has opened at the Qatar University College of Law.  The posting is here.   Everyone knows that it's impossible…

As someone who will likely be stuck in an airport most of Valentine's Day this year myself, I tuned in with amusement to a local radio show this morning debating…

So I'm doing a lot of flying this semester and have finally entered the age of netbooks and Kindles.  And here's what I've discovered.  While I absolutely adore both my…

Been meaning to post some pictures of the Athens, Georgia cemetery where Thomas Cobb is buried (Oconee Hill).  Here's a picture of the monument to Thomas Cobb in the Cobb…

Damages returns Monday night.   (I've blogged previously about the show here.)  What can we expect in the third season?  From the website:.... Patty Hewes has recently been appointed by…

Via Freakonomics, This New Yorker piece (gated) by John Cassidy, which explores the state of the “Chicago School.”  From Stephen Dubner: Richard Posner, unsurprisingly, is the hero of the article.…