The Faculty Lounge

I was born on this date in 1891 in Los Angeles.My father was murdered.I played the clarinet in my high school band.I flunked a course in Greek as an undergraduate ...

It appears that, notwithstanding all the strong challenges to rational action theory in law, there is still at least some rational action when it comes to reproductive choices.  As the…

March – the month when one of the more exciting spectacles in sport kicks off:  the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament.March – the month when one of the most emotionally-draining, ...

He was born in New York City on June 19, 1903, and attended Columbia University on a football scholarship.  But he excelled at baseball and later signed a contract to…

It felt odd when the Pan Am Building disappeared from the New York skyline (replaced by the MetLife Building monniker in 1991.)  And it feels even stranger to hear that…

Vanderbilt Law School has named the search committee tasked with replacing Dean Ed Rubin.  Lisa Bressman will be chairing the committee.  She'll be joined by Suzanna Sherry, Ingrid Wuerth, Richard…

Two broadcasts I saw/heard last Thursday gave me something to think about.  Like many others, I had eagerly (?) awaited Jon Stewart's much hyped interview with Jim Cramer on The…

Don't fuck with Texas.  Or at least not the fine police and peace officers of the Lonestar State.  Perhaps it's all the anxiety over declining morals of American society (wait…

A student passed this link to me - amusing video ruminating on what it would be like if we used EULA-like terms in everyday life ... Thanks, Mary!

Did you wake up feeling under the weather?  Got a case of the shakes?  Maybe a bit of breathlessness?  Nausea?  Perhaps excessive sweating and dry mouth?  Did you wake up ...