The Faculty Lounge

This has been one lousy week for social conservatives.  First the California Supreme Court decided to legalize gay marriage in America's largest state.  (For non-lawyers, note that this decision will ...

Count this among the questions that I never thought to ask: does house brand soda - Publix Cola, Sam's Cola, Diet Dr. Thunder, and the like - have different caffeine…

Alabama has a problem.  Its prison system releases 11,000 prisoners each year and there's no money to help them with the challenges of re-entry.  If you're a governor who has…

American Airlines announced today that it will begin implementing a $15 charge for checked baggage on its flights.  I'm sure this will generate some fresh revenues for the airline (as…

I have heard few more powerful or upsetting stories as Military Wives Fight Army to Help Husbands, a twelve minute in-depth piece on NPR last Friday.  Ryan LeCompte returned from…

Oh the horror!  Folks are stumbling into work today, in Morris, Illinois, after an Oreo truck driver fell asleep at the wheel.  The vehicle rolled over, spilling 28,000 pounds of…

We all know the ongoing debate in law schools: theory versus practice.  But perhaps even our view of practice is a little skewed.  Maybe clinics don't teach students all the…

Back in 2006, I had my own Best of Birmingham guide (which I reproduce, with some updates,  after the jump.)  In it I identified my conception of the best cafe, ...

A couple of weeks back, I blogged about the Canadian Supreme Court's decision to prohibit suspicionless dog sniffs in schools and bus depots.  I was impressed with the Court's protection ...

Here's the skinny, in case you were wondering who appointed the judges deciding today's In re Marriage Cases case. Three of the four justices in the majority were appointed by…