One addendum to the verdicts in the Enron case: apparently a central issue on appeal will be the burden of proof required by the jury instructions, which was the issue that led to the overturning of the Arthur Andersen convictions. So, alas, it's not over yet.Much...
At CT, Harry is contemplating the possible ways out of the hypocrisy charges that would seem to accompany divorced opponents of gay marriage. Along the way, he considers one possibility:One.
Lay and Skilling--guilty. My understanding is that--particularly with respect to Lay--this was would be difficult case to get across to a jury, so a terrific job by the prosecution. (For.
Shorter Patrick Healy: Your sex life is highly relevant to discussions about political figures. If you're a Democrat. And, of course, in his (admittedly selective) obsession Healy follows the priorities of our beloved Dean of Punditry:So to sum up Broder's worldview: Bill Clinton's Wang And What...
Fascinating: apparently feminist women can also be heterosexuals. And I'm afraid that this earth-shattering insight can be found not in tossed-off filler in a bad junior high school newspaper, but.
I understand that we are currently suffering from some technical difficulties. Without getting into too much detail, I blame the University of Washington. If it doesn't clear up in an.
Shorter Gregg Easterbrook: "Having finally accepted the truth of global warming after denying it for many years, I don't understand why Al Gore would make a film explaining the science to a general audience who has long been falsely told that the evidence was highly ambiguous...
Dean Dad:Anyway, the metric system at that time came off as a sort of effete, Euro-Modernist import, shoved down the throats of Real Americans by the same smug coastal elites.
One of the most entertaining parts of being a defense oriented blogger is the occasional opportunity to dismantle Victor Davis Hanson, king of the 101st Typing Wingnuts. Hanson is such.
Speaking of food that will make you violently ill, I really want to be these guys.A few weeks ago I embarked on a gluttonous odyssey, with a changing cast of co-conspirators, across this fast-food nation, from New York to California, sea to greasy sea. It was...
Has anyone ever noticed that food poisoning really sucks? Sooo cold....
As long-time readers will know, I'm an opponent of the death penalty, but a fairly tepid one. While I don't think it ultimately accomplishes anything, I also think that as.