Last night at dinner with the firm’s lawyers and other assorted friends, we dined at Red Lobster. We were astonished to learn that the active employee roster for this restaurant was 180 people. When I wrote yesterday about jobs, something… Continue Reading
Lots of talk this morning about “Joe The Plumber,” an imaginary, “average” American who John McCain started speaking to in the debate last night. Obama picked up the trope and now Joe The Plumber is in every house across this… Continue Reading
Well, with my favorite team getting edged out of the playoffs — they were quite simply outpitched — I’m now 100% on board with Cinderella.
“The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.”— Winston S. Churchill Ben Smith at Politico proves Sir Winston right with an astonishing e-mail he got from his buddy, a GOP consultant who was watching… Continue Reading
Prof. Orin Kerr notes an interesting dissent in a criminal procedure case in which the Supreme Court denied certiorari, Pennsylvania v. Dunlap. It’s written by Chief Justice Roberts, joined by Justice Kennedy, and it is not notable for its legal… Continue Reading
You didn’t notice. You probably didn’t care. But there is a new Cabinet-level branch of government here in the United States, as of today. Congress, in the midst of the worst financial crisis in three generations, in the middle of… Continue Reading
You haven’t noticed it. You haven’t been paying attention. It doesn’t really concern you. But federal elections took place today in Canada. A friend in Quebec reported to me that the big issue was the environment, but that was before… Continue Reading
At long last, the new notebook computer that I had ordered has arrived. The HP elitebook is slim and trim and it runs Vista and the Microsoft 2007 family of software, with which I am a little bit unfamiliar. This… Continue Reading
I say that I don’t teach for the money. I say that I do it to watch the light bulbs turn on and for the pleasure of working with bright students and teaching them about the world. Well, now I… Continue Reading
I discovered an interesting counterpoint blog to my own, called PinPonPun. There, I saw a meme that apparently was circulating around a number of atheists but somehow never made its way to me. I challege other atheists and nonbelievers reading… Continue Reading