Monthly Archives: July 2009

During the last week or so, Neil H. Buchanan has written some great essays for FindLaw’s Writ and Dorf on Law to address “the public’s perverse and misinformed attitudes about federal deficit spending.” I recommend that you read all of them … Continue reading →

Sam Harris said a couple years ago, and I can hardly disagree: We should not call ourselves “atheists.” We should not call ourselves “secularists.” We should not call ourselves “humanists,” or “secular humanists,” or “naturalists,” or “skeptics,” or “anti-theists,” or … Continue reading →

According to Snopes, there’s an email going around in which the anonymous author complains that President Obama, after telling corporate CEOs that “[y]ou can’t get corporate jets, you can’t take a trip to Las Vegas or go down to the … Continue reading →

Here is Jeff Sessions, Republican senator from Alabama, on Fox News, talking about the confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor (flabbergasting bits in boldface): I think in the American system of justice, a judge takes an oath to be impartial … Continue reading →

Yesterday I read Batlan v. Bledsoe (In re Bledsoe) and afterward couldn’t help but spend a long time thinking about marital property and the nature of law. Bledsoe is a bankrtupcy case, but it relates to marital property law in … Continue reading →