I've been spending some quality time of late reading the page proofs for Transformations in American Legal History -- Law, Ideology, and Methods -- Essays in Honor of Morton J.…
A couple of people have mentioned to me (and have blogged about) the recent NY Times Magazine piece on "Building a Better Teacher" (by Elizabeth Green). While the article focuses on…
Thinking about St. Christopher's School a couple weeks back set me to thinking that I needed to put up a post on Richmond monuments. I wrote some about the monuments around the…
Loungers with an interest in the death penalty may wish to read an editorial by my former colleague (now at crosstown UH) Adam Gershowitz (pictured). A teaser: "The real problem…
If you haven't seen this Daily Show episode where Jon Stewart goes to town on Glenn Beck, shut your door and enjoy. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon -…
I've always had respect for many folks who are anti-abortion. A deeply held pro-life position includes a strong commitment to both prenatal health and health after birth. But the abortion…
...just in case you read the blogs before real news sources. Support a genuine news gathering opeation by reading the article here. The President may speak soon here.
As everyone not living under a rock is probably aware, the new Michael Lewis book, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, is now available. My financial crisis reading group…
Via Dan Ernst: Brophy on Quantitative Legal History—Empirics and the Rule of Law in the Antebellum Judiciary, on “The Legal Workshop” website of the Duke Law Journal. From the introduction:…