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…