Year: 2007
WEIRDNESS DEPT.
“If You Like Pina Coladas…”
Without the happy ending. (Hat tip: Balko) Read more
POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPT.
How Business Is Done In Illinois
This has the ring of truth. Read more
TELEVISION DEPT.
Who Benefits From Janet Jackson’s Bare Breast?
The Illinois Review has a post by David E. Smith of the Illinois Family Institute about CBS‘s appeal of the fine they paid to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for televising Janet Jackson’s bare breast during their 2004 Super Bowl coverage. While the government cannot regulate speech, they can prohibit indecent broadcast content on the… Read more
LEGAL DEPT.
Nassau County, Brazil
Scott Greenfield has the story of how a clerical error lead a New York court to put a man on trial for a charge that had already been dismissed, and nobody seemed to notice anything wrong until a month after he was convicted. It’s actually even worse than it sounds. Read it for yourself. Read more
TELEVISION DEPT.
The Big Bang Theory – An Early Review
I just saw a preview of The Big Bang Theory, a sitcom about two highly intelligent but nerdy roommates who have a pretty new neighbor move in across the hall from them. It was co-created by Chuck Lorre, the man who gave us Two and a Half Men so I had reasonably high expectations. It… Read more