As a quick follow-up to Rob’s post below, I think Publius adds a critical point: the odds of a similarly draconian sentence if the race of the victim and perpetrator were reversed are extremely low. I particularly recommend this follow-up post, about the Warren Court and race. As Publius notes, a lot of what seems […]
Month: December 2006
People who have seen my writings about Ralph Nader will not be surprised that I tend to be skeptical of “heighten the contradictions” arguments. As such, I’m afraid that on the merit
See Eugene Volokh on a 17 year old who received a ten year sentence in Georgia for engaging in oral sex with a 15 year old girl. Also see Sully. Peking Duck makes the relevant point: We recently had a
I’m off to Virginia for the holidays and — as one of those freaks who actually gets along with his immediate family — will probably be enjoying myself too much to blog for at least a week. I don’t know why, but none of the Noons have discovered religion, voted Republican, or otherwise surrendered their […]
Do you suffer from the heartbreak of extra money? Do you still have cash left after buying everyone on your list a gift? Instead of exchanging that money for useless goods and services, consider perus
One might believe that the most notable part of Gene Healy’s discussion of Newt Gingrich’s Meet the Press appearance (via Ezra) was Gingrich’s suggestion that the First Amendment be
For some reason I’ve become addicted to CSI in its various forms. This troubles me, because I really, really don’t like CSI. It’s worse than the time last year when I found myself watching Everybody Loves Raymond and thinking about how, even though it was plenty bad and nearly unwatchable, it had some good points. […]
Tom Hilton, super-genius, explains Random Flickr Blogging. And my contributions this week: Steve “Tubesteak” Romero wasn’t sure if eating an entire case of sour cream would make him
Via Yglesias, how about this from Josef Joffe’s review of the Mark Steyn’s ode to xeonpohibic contempt for liberal democratic values in New York’s most irrelevant financial sinkhole:
One of the great things about working at the Patterson School is that my classes are small (10-15 students) and consist entirely of skilled, engaged, and informed graduate students. This gives me a lot of latitude in the kinds of questions I ask, allowing very broad inquiries without running the risk of getting senseless or […]
Having just returned from the gym, where I watched 45 minutes of Fox News coverage of the missing — and presumed dead — Mt. Hood climbers, I am renewed in my sense of gratitude that my wif
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