This is the long-awaited (mostly by me) fourth post in my series about the stimulus bill. I would have got it posted earlier, but I've been kind of busy. (You might want to read the first three parts about GDP, Fear, and Spending.) Recall that under the theory behind the stimulus, recessions happen when consumers decide to reduce their consumption to try to save cash for an … [Read more...] about Thinking About the Stimulus: Theoretical Badness
Getting Tough on Minority Crime
A few days ago, Scott Greenfield pointed out this paragraph in a New York Times article about Obama's thinking about law and justice: [W]hen it came to sentencing laws, Mr. Obama led [student Adam] Bonin in a more conservative direction than the student had expected. The primary victims of black criminals were fellow blacks -- and so minority neighborhoods had an interest in … [Read more...] about Getting Tough on Minority Crime
The Evil That USLaw.com Does
It's Monday, and over at Simple Justice Scott Greenfield is complaining about marketers. Usually, he complains about people who leave comments on his blog with an SEO-friendly link back to their web site (e.g. "DWI Attorney"). I never really understood why Scott was so vehement about this. Personally, I will delete the totally gratuitous comments (e.g. "You raise some … [Read more...] about The Evil That USLaw.com Does
What Shepherds Do When They’re Bored. Also, An Interesting Approach to Drawing Cartoons
What Shepherds Do When They're Bored: (No, it's not dirty.)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3qvJgY9XQI(Hat tip: Lindsay) An Interesting Way to Draw Cartoons: (Yes, it's dirty.)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fmfL5sJ7F4 … [Read more...] about What Shepherds Do When They’re Bored. Also, An Interesting Approach to Drawing Cartoons
The Ventris Interview and a Nomination for the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court's decision in Kansas v. Ventris is one of the strangest things I've seen from them in a long time. I'm not a lawyer, but as I understand the law, it has been normal procedure for many years that once a defendant invokes his right to a lawyer, the cops have to stop questioning him. From that moment forward---all the way to end of the trial if need … [Read more...] about The Ventris Interview and a Nomination for the Supreme Court