If you know anything about graphic presentation of data, especially if you've read Edward Tufte's Visual Display of Quantitative Information, you know that there are lots of ways to cheat to make the data appear to support your argument more than it really does. But James Parks at the AFL-CIO Now Blog has a post about the need to close the wage gap between men and … [Read more...] about Graphic Sin From the AFL-CIO
Ethics
What’s Wrong With Selling Internships?
Some of the lawyers on my blogroll have been poking fun at a guy named Jack Marshall. He calls himself an "ethicist," runs a consulting firm called ProEthics, and has a blog called Ethics Alarms. I don't really know anything about him, but I thought his blog might make a good source of stuff for me to write about. For the most part, his blog turns out to be about ethical … [Read more...] about What’s Wrong With Selling Internships?
Eliot Spitzer’s Madam Has a Few Questions
This is priceless: Dear Professor Lessig:I have been informed that you are having former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer speak on ethics this Thursday November 12, 2009. This sounds fascinating and I would love to attend but the restrictions of my probation won't allow me to travel out side New York City. For nearly 5 years, I supplied Mr. Spitzer with high priced escorts … [Read more...] about Eliot Spitzer’s Madam Has a Few Questions
I’m not really an expert; I just play one in real life. Maybe.
There's been an interesting discussion of manufactured apparent expertise over at SJ, which appears to have inspired Bennett to weigh in here. The spark for the discussion was one of the many blogs that not-quite-promises to generate huge wads of cash for lawyers by gaming social media and them what loves it: The thought of becoming an "expert" in 6 months may seem … [Read more...] about I’m not really an expert; I just play one in real life. Maybe.
What Does the AMA Say About Forced Catheterization?
A few days ago, when I wrote about a guy who was forcibly catheterized to test if he was driving drunk (he wasn't) it seemed to me that this violated the requirements of medical ethics that medical procedures should only be done with the consent of the patient and for the benefit of the patient. At the time, I thought that the AMA Code of Medical Ethics might address this … [Read more...] about What Does the AMA Say About Forced Catheterization?