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As Dan Rodriguez points out at Co-op and Prawfs, and Patrick O'Donnell adds here - all in comments (pretty please, don't let this be bullying...) - Papa Doug Manchester (his…

One of the big areas of legal scholarship today involves study of the expressive function of law: how does an action or a rule symbolically articulate a particular position?  Well,…

We're very pleased that Professor Joseph Miller will be joining us as a guest here at The Faculty Lounge.  Joe is on the faculty at the Lewis and Clark Law…

There's been a lot of talk about the swing voter and although I'm not one of them, I've begun to realize that I am a "swing" consumer in another area:…

There is a dangerous election issue brewing and a Washington Post story last week provides a good foreshadow: felon enfranchisement. The Post reported on Reggie Mitchell,  a Floridian (and not…

For those of you planning a trip soon, you can find an airline-by-airline guide to food service - what you'll get free, and what you won't - here.  US Airways…

It's hardly law news, but news it is.  Michael Chabon, the ridiculously talented author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay, Wonder Boys, and Mysteries of Pittsburgh, and the…

I don't have a good excuse for my radio silence of late.  I could say that I was enjoying the remarkably good SEALS conference in Florida.  (Hats off to Russ…

I recently received an email notice from university security about three strong armed robberies that occurred in the neighborhood.  It explained that: The perpetrator has been described as a heavyset…

We all know that the rise in gas prices is pushing some  drivers out of their cars and on to public transit.  And those of us who ride buses and…