revisiting the Duke lacrosse scandal

In conjunction with the release of his new book, (Until Proven Innocent: Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case, co-written by Stuart Taylor), K.C. Johnson is guest-blogging this week on the Volokh Conspiracy.  His posts on what happened at Duke in 2006 have been insightful and, to say the least, disheartening.
This afternoon [...]

Roger the Great

Another U.S. Open title for Roger Federer, not really a surprise.  I was out of town this weekend and so was unable to view the semi and final matches.
However, I did watch the Federer’s quarterfinal match versus Andy Roddick.  I really wonder what Roddick was thinking after the match.  He brought his A+ game and [...]

what else I’m looking at

As always, there’s interesting stuff at The Volokh Conspiracy, one of my favorite websites . . .
Jonathan Adler links to psychologist Stanton Peele’s piece arguing for allowing minors to drink alcohol with their parents.  I’m a big fan of this idea and I will probably allow my children to a have a drink at dinner when they’re [...]

In-N-Out lives up to the hype; IKEA, not so much

Now that I’ve been in Sacramento for 10 days or so, I’ve become more familiar with the way things work around here and   am able to find my way around town fairly easily.  Overall, things are good: our apartment is in a decent area, although there are pockets of sketchy parts, but every city has [...]