Yi_Sen links to a hilarious and impressive post positing the world would be better were Dr. Doom actually in charge.

Let me pose the question: if you could either destroy the crystal or let a single autocrat rule every aspect of life, which would you choose? Not in that comic book fun way, but for real?

I heard NPR's Mara Liasson (national political correspondent) today at the Phildelphia Bar Association's Quarterly Meeting. She had a great (if telling) quote from Barrack Obama (although I don't doubt that it's actually older than that...):

People say Democrats don't believe in anything, and that's just not true. Democrats do believe in

I have a small but happy decision to make. A paper of which I am quite proud that I wrote part of in college and part of in law school has been offered publication by two journals, the Cardozo Journal of International & Comparative Law and the Temple International & Comparative Law Journal. It describes the republican (small "r" here, people, as ( Read more... )

Following Yi_Sen's prompt, in honor of Barbara Reilly, the greatest English teacher who ever lived, who gave me Richard II, I am convinced, solely that I should read this ( Read more... )

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I have been silent on the hurricane issues, apart from commenting on a few boards, because I don't have a defined enough position to stake one out as clearly as Yi_Sen, Chrastan, or even Jatsu13 (albeit primarily in comments to others' boards). Like Jatsu, I have been consistent in placing equal if not greater blame on localities, as opposed to ( Read more... )

My apologies for my long silence, both on this board and on others'. A combination of desire to avoid Potter spoilers and running 12-17 hour workdays for much of the past month has laid low the blogger.

I shall endeavour to be more consistent, if not more coherent.

I'm not certain that I'm posting this link for comments, but I'd be more than happy to get them. Below is a link to an extraordinary New York Times editorial that defends Judith Miller in her conflict over the disclosure or non-disclosure of her sources with respect to the Valerie Plume/Joseph Wilson investigation. I don't know why it struck me ( Read more... )

If you need to contact me from now through Sunday, particularly about Reunion matters, use my work email address. Most of you should have it somewhere. If not, google my name in quotes with "litigation associate" and look follow the first link, from the Chicago Magazine alumni notes. The firm's name is in there. Look up our website. It has my ( Read more... )

I am headed for Chicago this weekend, to make merry with my fine brethren in the Class of 2000. I hope to see many of you there, but in the interim, feel free to use the "Comments" section here to help coordinate getting together ( Read more... )