Every three years, members of the California State Bar have to complete a minimum of 25 hours of continuing legal education (“CLE”). These include four hours of specifically approved “legal ethics” training. CLE hours typically run from about $35 to… Continue Reading
My patience with Newt is about up. I was willing to overlook the fact that he’s a ball of contradictions with a short temper when he was at least bringing sanity and big, fun ideas to the debates. And, being… Continue Reading
Christopher Carr comments that “if we’re going to have capital punishment, we shouldn’t sugarcoat or whitewash it. We should have public gladiatorial competition or hangings with children in attendance. If we’re going to be barbarians, let’s at least be barbarians… Continue Reading
Responding to my demurrer to “the old saw that Americans are ideologically conservative but operationally liberal,” Yeggmen sticks up for the saw: what researchers have (repeatedly) done is get a bunch of people together and have them fill out a… Continue Reading
“Generational poverty” is often used or taken as code for “black.” Even by those who mean well. However, rural poverty is just as persistent, and it of course is as caucasian as it is anything else and usually more so.… Continue Reading
Interesting emailia from me Dad: 1. Hale Business Systems, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Fuller Brush, and W. R. Grace Co… Will merge and become: Hale, Mary, Fuller, Grace. 2. Polygram Records, Warner Bros., and Zesta Crackers join forces and become: Poly… Continue Reading
According to a recent poll Hispanic fans also feel that a holy power is helping the Broncos quarterback as 81 percent of those polled believe God is behind Tebow, compared to 59.5 percent among blacks and 38 percent among whites.… Continue Reading
Kevin Drum: You all remember the old saw that Americans are ideologically conservative but operationally liberal? It means that lots of Americans say they’re conservative and like to believe they’re conservative, but when it comes to specific government programs they… Continue Reading
A tasty bit of emailia that came my way: Craigslist Ad: We are a small & casual restaurant in downtown Vancouver and we are looking for solo musicians to play in our restaurant to promote their work and sell their… Continue Reading
Along with my lists from 2009 and 2010, I logged 101 books over the past three years. Here’s the list from 2011: Real Education, by Charles Murray. It’s become commonplace in the conversation about education to sigh about how there… Continue Reading