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Umpires and Judges.This by Jack Shafer writing in Slate:In today's hearings, Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., and Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., rejected the strikes and balls analogy as specious. But I think Roberts' analogy holds up remarkably well, so well that he could...More On Umpires
I wish to add to the discussion of the umpire/judge analogy. Of course the analogy is imperfect, but it is effective as far as it goes. I would simply add this. If there was an umpire who said, Some are...Blogosphere Rules!
We have been discussing the umpire analogy used by John Roberts on Monday, and the take on the analogy by the folks at Volokh. Imagine everyone's surprise when Sen. John Cornyn referenced the Volokh blog (albeit without attribution) in his...The Strange Saga of Finnis D. Shelnutt
Jesus, now this has to be seen to be believed: Finnis Shelnutt, real estate developer, stock broker, bar owner, former brother-in-law of Webb Hubbell and Gennifer Flowers' current husband. Now he's livin' in N.O. and crazy talkin'. [Found it at...The Historical Memory of MacArthur
Today marks the 55th anniversary of an amphibious assault by Gen. Douglas MacArthur on Korea that turned the tide during the Korean War. In South Korea, citizens paraded past a statue of MacArthur to defend it, in contrast to last...Hooray For College Football
This is shaping up to be a great college football season. Notre Dame takes out Michigan. Iowa State up-ends Iowa for the Cy-Hawk Trophy. Next up: Horns and Ohio State. If things keep playing out this way, I'll be back...Big government: solution or problem
I say problem, and so does Doug Powers:Since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf coast, federal government programs gained an unlikely critic: Democrat politicians. Some Republicans are also joining in, but Democrats criticizing the federal machine is the shocking political equivalent...How We Remember
You can't miss James Lileks' article The Sorry State of Modern Civic Memorials. Excerpt:How best to memorialize the victims of Katrina? Some would love a statue of President Bush in a dunce cap, strumming a guitar, with a quote on...
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