6 CA has ruled that Ohio’s 2000 election procedures violated the equal protection clause, based (among other arguments) on the Supreme Court’s innovations in equal protection doctrine. As some of you may remember, this is not the first time that a court has applied Bush v. Gore is if actually constituted a legal opinion; a […]
Month: April 2006
I’m reluctant to involve myself in debates over nuclear power, because I don’t have enough of a technical grasp of the details to be able to make much of an original contribution. I must s
Doghouse Riley on Powerline’s resident foreign policy expert. Well, it could have been worse; they could be using Orson Scott Card…
This defense of the Lubriderm Euston Manifesto illustrates its silly underlying assumptions quite nicely. Consider: Because Iraqi reconstruction has been a fiasco, the liberal temptation is to side intellectually with the insurgents. But, for example, trade unions are forbidden to organise in the Iraqi public sector because of the Saddam Hussein ban still in force; […]
The season thus far has been uneven, but The Sopranos is at such a high level that the low points are still pretty good. Some thoughts (including spoilers): – Whatever happened to Bobby and Jani
I haven’t yet had time to comment substantively on the Lieber-Press Foreign Affairs article about the end of nuclear deterrence. We’re in the midst of hiring a Director, and April has been
In 1894, the Imperial Japanese Navy annihilated a Chinese Fleet at the Battle of Yalu. The victory helped establish Japanese power on mainland Asia, and served as an announcement to the Western Powers that Japan could be an important player in the brawl over the decaying corpse of Qing China. The victory also highlighted some […]
I recently discovered SpringSharp, a program that produces technical specs for hypothetical battleships and battlecruisers. I’ve had a lot of fun with it. Here is the output for a 1922 Spanish b
Don’t miss the six-plus part series at Axis of Evel Knievel regarding the impending birth of the author’s daughter. The upshot is that if you’re not going to be born on April 1, you
After seeing this, I would have to say that I was unfair to Harvey Mansfield; his sense of humor during his appearance was a little less forced, and his misogyny was a little more nuanced…
Friday Cat Blogging… Nelson and Starbuck
For those who miss my sparking prose and universally interesting topics, Michael Berube and I have a preview of the NHL playoffs over at his place. One cool thing about the NHL playoffs, unlike some o