Month: March 2011

Over at HealthLawProf Blog, Texas Tech law prof Jennifer Bard (pictured) has posted some thoughtful observations on the US News rankings, with emphasis on whether applicants / students are (or should…

Is there a way to give gentle and well-intended feedback to a colleague who hasn't asked for it?  Specifically, how can one approach a colleague and suggest that his or…

According to the Law School Admissions Council, via the WSJ, the total number of law school applicants is down 11.5% from this time last year.  Thus far, there have been…

Jonathan Chait writes about the "Triumph of Taxophobia" over (here) at Democracy: A Journal of ideas.     There is one idea that explains Republican behavior [over a period of…

Perhaps no other number in baseball is as revered as 56, which marks Joe DiMaggio's consecutive-games hitting streak.  This baseball season marks the 70th anniversary of the Yankee Clipper's assault…

Of all of the odd news concerning Charlie Sheen in recent weeks, one particular tidbit caught my tax-professor eye.  The actor is holding a raffle for two tickets to his…

Builder Online has released its Builder Healthy Market Index, which covers America's largest 200 housing markets and creates a ranking index "that measures the key economic variables that drive home sales, including…

There is sad news out of Harvard.  Professor William Stuntz, who was known for both his work in the criminal law and his commitment to Christianity as a part of…

From our friends at Nuestras Voces comes this debate on birthright citizenship between Ediberto Roman (FIU) and John Eastman (Chapman). The debate was featured as part of an FIU College…

Well, I'm in Philadelphia today for a very exciting conference -- on cemeteries in the nineteenth century.  I think they asked me to speak because they thought that I knew…