The Faculty Lounge

The world is turning topsy turvy these days.  The biggest banks evaporate overnight.  The market plunges - did anyone notice that NASDAQ dropped over 9% today?  And a conservative Republican…

I always enjoy new ways to come together and vote and/or bet on the Presidential election.  Now the Economist, surely the world's best-written newsweekly, has gotten into this sordid business. …

Thanks to Euguene Volokh, we now learn that the Minnesota teen arrested on misdemeanor counts of flag desecration will not be prosecuted.  Good news, to a point.  The conduct may…

My colleague, Karl Okamoto, has an op-ed today in the Inquirer, pointing out that the Paulson bailout proposal would effectively create the world's largest hedge fund.  And he figures that…

Here's an interesting new book for trial and courtroom junkies.  Rule 53: Capturing Hippies, Spies, Politicians and Murderers in an American Courtroom is the work of Andy Austin, a sketch…

The Nielsen Company - those old-tech folks who track TV viewership - has just released a report analyzing the extent to which Americans watched the Democratic and Republican conventions.  Here's…

Proving that the Supreme Court really does have limited power, Winona, Minnesota police arrested a 14 year for flag desecration - viz, writing on, shredding, and burning a flag.  He…

I know I'm not alone in feeling like I understand about 35% of what's going on on Wall Street these days.  (And yes, I recognize that this 35% number is…

Some people would call this editing. I'd call this both a smile-maker and a hint of why you just can't trust what's under your feet anymore. But then again, maybe…

We all know that John McCain was quoted as saying, several months ago, that the "fundamentals of our economy are strong."  That was a fair enough statement.  I'm sure he…