Miscellaneous

Clear thinking to begin the week
In three and a half minutes, Richard St. John explains the keys to success.   The late Milton Friedman explains the folly of the prohibition policy against drugs....

Why Ideology, Not Interest Group Politics, Explains Academic Opposition to the new Milton Friedman Institute:
Last month, I argued that ideological bias against Friedman's libertarian views explains the actions of the 100+ University of Chicago professors who signed a petition opposing the establishment of the...

Snuggly the Security Bear Explains Why Warrantless Spying Is OK
Snuggly the Security Bear explains the FISA Amendments Act and constitutional compromise. Apparently it's because the U.S. government wuvs us vewwy vewwy much. Props to cartoonist Mark Fiore...

Berkeley Law Dean Explains Retention of John Yoo
Berkeley Law Dean Explains Retention of John Yoo :: Dean Edley’s Statement, The Torture Memos and Academic Freedom :: NLG Calls for Dismissal :: “Shoddy” Work, but Who Was the Client?

NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer Explains Medicare Never Events
Looking over the list of events that should NEVER occur, I am not surprised to see many of the types of events for which I have handled medical malpractice cases over the last 20 years– – hospital falls because proper safety precautions were not taken, – pulmonary embolish after surgery, –surgical instruments left inside the patient, –nasty bed sores [...

Copyright protection for blogs
Sarah Bird explains how to do it right.  She explains why she thinks you would possibly want to bother here, conveniently omitting the uncomfortable fact that — unlike Sarah Bird — most of us don’t really have to worry about the copyright in our blogs being infringed...