In favor of campaign finance laws that limit speech, have you ever heard the argument that “money isn’t speech?” Truth of the matter is, it’s probably not. But there’s a caveat… Apply this argument to other constitutional rights, and the argument starts to dissipate like dew in the morning sun. Says Eugene Volokh, a constitutional […]
The Last Word on Vampires and the Law…for now
July 6, 2010 by
Ok, I promise this will be the last thing I say about the Twilight phenom on this blog. And I would say anymore, except that a few more things popped up over the weekend, and I thought they merited noting here. Elena Kagan requested that she not be asked about Eclipse during her testimony. Really. […]
How Google Works; or What I Learned Today
July 1, 2010 by
Fascinating. And proof of what a good idea, sufficiently funded, can become. (via PPC Blog)
Twilight and the Law
July 1, 2010 by
Yesterday, I put up a post with a clip from David Edelstein’s review on Eclipse, along with a funny picture of some fully grown women screaming for Twilight (which I have sense learned means they are “Twihards.” Or “Twilighters?”). I wrote the post as a tongue in cheek jab at the new movie, wildly […]
A word on “Twilight;” or who wouldn’t laugh at this?
June 30, 2010 by
A big “Thank you” goes out to David Edelstein for nicely summarizing the exquisite work of modern fiction that is the phenomenon known as Twilight: Back in Forks in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Bella and Edward repose in a meadow of soft-focus violets, in which Edward, his ivory skin bejeweled under the sun’s rays, asks Bella […]
FBI snags a ‘femme fatale’ in spy ring
June 30, 2010 by
Image via Wikipedia How often does the FBI snag a Russian spy ring that includes all the glamor of a bond girl, the secret signals of cold war espionage, and the prosaic reality that spies are just like us? Answer: not often enough. This kind of news is just too fun…especially when Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is doing the […]
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