The Subprime Mortgage Crisis — In Easy-To-Understand Cartoon Form!
Good link here from Volokh.
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A Critical View Of Obama’s Speech, And, A Thought About Love
This editorial from the Dallas Morning News expresses as well as I think need be expressed the sentiments of those who, unlike me, hold on to their cynicism about Barack Obama’s remarkable speech on race yesterday. It contains disbelief that… Continue Reading
Intended As Satire, But Maybe Too Subtle For Me
Prof. Michael Stokes Paulsen at Balkinization uses the Spitzer scandal to attack Lawrence v. Texas. It’s an interesting legal amusement. It’s also, I think, a plausible extension of the theory of Lawrence v. Texas, albeit a highly unlikely result of… Continue Reading
By Special Request (Updated)
I really haven’t paid a ton of attention to the Jeremiah Wright story that I still think is going to go away pretty quickly. And I took the weekend off blogging to be lazy. But if you’re hungry for commentary… Continue Reading
A Difficult Claim To Double-Blind Test
Can you really tell the future using asparagus? This doesn’t seem like it would be any more accurate than any other kind of augury (which is to say, as good as or slightly worse than chance). But then again, I… Continue Reading
Newt Gets Freaky
A really good online interview with Newt Gingrich. Worth a read, whether you’re liberal or conservative. In particular, Gingrich offers his take on the “Republican Reboot” theme I and many others have been writing about — he thinks that social… Continue Reading
I’m Happy For Brett
It sounds like he’s in a better place now. He’ll never be sacked or intercepted again. Do you think it’s in Iowa?
Get Real People
The linked article is about Brits, but the phenomenon is happening here in the States, too — weddings are becoming out of control expensive and elaborate. Enough so that couples are delaying getting married so that they can get all… Continue Reading
Classic NAPP Rediscovered
Remember this one? Thanks to the magic of YouTube, now it can be embedded in the blog for all time: See, you’re supposed to extinguish the flame before you shoot it. If you need to prove your manhood, there is… Continue Reading
Change Of Tone
How’d you like to go see this movie?