Last week was comprehensive exam week at Patterson. This was one of the professional module questions: Recent reports point to a rapid rise incarbon-based fuel production in the United States and in North America at large. Assuming these forecasts are accurate, what do they portend,...
Month: December 2012
So, it seems like there was a hippie punching party and nobody invited me. Two thoughts: 1. The term "hippie punching," while satisfying in an @OldHossRadbourn "Beat the Irish" kind.
SEK: What you have here is a solid B+ paper. You need to elevate your diction if you want to convince me that this is an A. STUDENT: So I.
What does it mean to be a leftist? Let me start by saying that this is a pretty wankertastic question. Who cares, right? I think a discussion of the merits of various Ray Price albums would lead us closer to a more just society. It'd...
I argue that the Court should and will claim jurisdiction over both suits. As always, Linda Greenhouse is worth reading on the subject as well.
I've been remiss in not talking about the Michigan right to work disaster. Part of it is that it's so bloody depressing, part is that I'm really focusing on my.
In 2010 87,900 people applied to ABA law schools. This number was down 12.6% from the all-time high of 100,600 six years earlier -- a fact that ought to have served as an early warning signal to law schools. After all, in 2008 and 2009...
The first thing to note about Freddie deBoer's response to my point about his ridiculous generalizations about liberals and torture is that he cites Alan Dershowitz as representing the typical.
Without the banner, it would be hard to tell.
This is an interesting, if somewhat older, discussion of the Chinese architect Ma Yansong and his so-called "organic architecture." The piece focuses on his so-called "Marilyn Monroe" building in Mississagua, Ontario. Reading about this drove home a few points about architecture to this somewhat educated...
The ol' bait-and-switch. And, yes, people who are conned into voting for Republicans because they pretend to be moderates are suckers who shouldn't be surprised by this, but still.
Looks as if the Syrian military has decided to launch some Scud missiles at rebel positions: Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have fired Scud missiles at rebel fighters in.