Month: May 2010
Even granting that the latter was also a half-governor and worst full-campaign VP candidate in history, I think this is a good question. Of course, if Time is measuring influence.
In stark contrast to other current and former law professors whose names have been floated recently as SCOTUS candidates, such as Pam Karlan, Harold Koh, and Diane Wood, Elena Kagan.
So, there is a horse racing event of some note over in Louisville this afternoon. I would be remiss in failing to make some recommendations: 1. Conveyance 12-1 (a gray horse with a nice, practical name) 2. Mission Implazible 20-1 (unconventional spelling of "implausible" seals...
The Guardian endorses the Liberal Democrats. While endorsements do not have the power that The Sun believes, they can affect outcomes at the margins. In my own work, endorsements have.
John Styles, via Chris Blattman: About a week after the earthquake, economist Tyler Cowen wrote that Obama looked like the "Haiti president": Obama will (and should) do something about this.
I hate to disagree with Charles Pierce -- see here for one of many posts I can endorse entirely -- but I really can't agree that the technically correct but perhaps not consistent with de facto standards wave-off of the potential tying goal for the...