Archive for May, 2010

May 9th, 2010

A diavlog with Daniel Schultz.

May 8th, 2010

Elena Kagan may not be the greatest scholar in the world — and that may be why President Obama picks her for the Supreme Court.

May 8th, 2010

How slow was the Obama Administration response to the BP oil leak? So slow that the Deputy Secretary of the Interior was on a plane to New Orleans before noon Wednesday, after an explosion that took place at 10:30 Tuesday night.  On Thursday the President convened a meeting in the Oval Office and set up [...]

May 7th, 2010

Police searching for cannabis shoot and kill a dog while a seven-year-old watches.

May 6th, 2010

Looks as if Labour is up for a deal to keep the Tories out of power, and willing to concede “electoral reform” in the process.

May 5th, 2010

Megan McArdle is the business and economics [sic] editor  of the Atlantic. She and I have crossed swords mice before and if she recalls those debates at all probably thinks I have no manners and don’t like her.  As to the first, I do wish I were more gracious in person and in print, and [...]

May 5th, 2010

Consider skipping the book and just reading the review.

May 5th, 2010

Courtesy of the Seattle Channel, my Seattle talk, followed by Q&A. Aside from the Q&A, not very different from my other talks on the same theme. Seattle Channel Video can be played in Flash Player 9 and up

May 5th, 2010

An obscene obscenity ruling, per The Onion.

May 5th, 2010

The DIY British contstutional convention on a hung parliament.