Month: February 2010

A picture of the old Columbia, South Carolina RC bottling plant.  I guess it goes without saying that it's seen better days.I remember RC from my days growing up in…

That's the question I'm asking as I'm sitting here reading John Adam's 1835 Oration on LaFayette, which I checked out from the library earlier this week.  Over at biblio.com, a…

Today's question:  name any of the four films that share the record for the largest numerical difference between Oscar nominations and Oscar wins.Pictured:  Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), which…

Kansas University has announced that Philip McConnaughay, the dean of the Dickinson School of Law at Pennsylvania State University, is a finalist in its search for a new provost.  He…

Susan Poser was named the new dean of the University of Nebraska College of Law.  Poser, who has a BA from Swarthmore, a JD from Berkeley, and a Ph.D out…

Seen yesterday in a local law library.  Maybe you have to be a stack rat to find this amusing.

Today's question comes courtesy of Colin Miller (pictured), an assistant professor at Chicago's John Marshall Law School.  Readers following our "Oscar Countdown" may have noticed that Colin knows a thing…

The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston has posted a paper that provides data on consumer use of nine payment devices:  PAPER INSTRUMENTS [four:  cash, checks, money orders, and travelers checks],…

Today's question:  Several films have received four or more "acting" nominations, but only two films have won more than two acting Oscars.  Name the two films.Pictured:  Mrs. Miniver (1942), which…

I drove up to UVA yesterday for a great panel on Baby Markets, sponsored by the Feminist Legal Forum, Lambda Law Alliance, and the Health Care Association.  The panelists were…