Economic Dating
In a post that belongs on favorite relationship-analysis website Bobvis, the Freakonomics Blog at NYT presents a remarkably shallow exchange of remarkably clear economic thought: The Gold-Digger versus the Heartless Hedge Fund Veep.
Link Love
Footprints for Non-Christians
You know that sappy “Footprints” poem that Christians so adore, the one with the twist ending where it was Jesus all along? Turns out some guy wrote an atheist version and a Zen Buddhist version. Both are quite entertaining.
What Do You Have To Do To Get Disbarred In Wisconsin?
People sometimes ask me, can an attorney be disbarred for filing a frivolous lawsuit? No, it takes misconduct more egregious than that. A lot more egregious than that. Apparently, extorting three-way sex with a client and his girlfriend, comingling funds,… Continue Reading
George Mason Goes Negative
In a blog I very much enjoy, the author take Rudy Giuliani to task for referencing 9/11 too much by putting that style in George Washington’s mouth. But what if Washington had faced opposition like there is today? What if… Continue Reading
Maryland Rejects Same Sex Marriage
Dale Carpenter at Volokh Conspiracy has apparently given up on the idea of judicial challenges to promote same-sex marriage. This is because of an exceptionally long decision of the Maryland Supreme Court, ruling against same-sex marriage by 4-3 vote (two… Continue Reading
Realignment Redux
I’m apparently not the only one who sees a reshuffling of the Republican Party’s coalitions going on. This guy’s assessment of the factions is a little bit different than mine (I don’t see a lot of Republicans standing for the… Continue Reading
Dark Hints and Rumors
The plot thickens on the mysterious donations flowing into the Clinton campaign from the cryptic Norman Hsu. Rick Moran describes how Mr. Hsu’s companies all seem to be phantoms and it is highly unclear where Mr. Hsu’s money is being… Continue Reading
Venn Diagrams Reveal Truth
Hat tip to Freakonomics.
A Pleasant Rediscovery
One of my favorite writers is back on the Net. Has been for a little while; it just took me a while to find him again. I’m very pleased.
Hoosegow Hotties
From the ever-mercurial Iowahawk, you too can now vote for the best-looking inmate of the Polk County (Iowa) jail. I picked Ashley B, but that’s probably my damn!-Nicole-Kidman-is-hot-as-a-strawberry-blonde thing acting up again. None of them are as pretty as The… Continue Reading