good news for people who love bad news

I failed to pass the July 2007 bar exam.  Tremendous disappointment.  Although I don’t plan on posting for the next couple of months, I’ll leave the blog open to public viewing for now.  I may shut it down at some point, however.
It is isn’t the bar exam itself that frustrates me, it’s the fact that [...]

farewell, Ol’ Left-hander

A sad day . . .
Paul Daugherty: “Joe Nuxhall was the only person we’ve ever known about whom a bad word was never spoken.”
Redleg Nation: “Was he a great announcer? Nope. Did he mangle names? All the time. Did he, at times, confuse left field and right field? Absolutely.  But you never had a doubt [...]

the right to vote and overreaction

Politico reported yesterday that students at New York University would give up their right to vote in the next presidential election for things as trivial as an iPod and paid tuition.
There seem to be two alternative and instantaneous reactions to this news.    Either it is evidence that Americans “take their liberties too lightly, because they have never [...]

a sort of history lesson

Thanks to CBS’s Bob Schieffer, who inspired me to write this post.
The fundamental problem our country faces today is the proper understanding, or lack thereof, of the relationship between the people and the government.  One can and we will debate forever what should be the extent of our involvement in foreign affairs, whether we should allow more or [...]

tales from the grocery store

Katie and I shopped at Save Mart this evening.  As the cashier rang us up for $110 and some change, he gave us some extremely good news: “Since your purchase tonight is over $100, you get a free turkey.”
This came as a complete surprise to me–I think my heart actually skipped a beat upon realizing [...]

the week of reckoning

In Ohio, it’s Michigan week.  Here in NorCal, it’s bar exam week — results will be released this upcoming weekend.
So it’s appropriate that Truth on the Market points to a study involving California bar exam statistics, or the lack thereof.  Allow me to explain.
It goes without saying that affirmative action is controversial.  What some may not know is [...]

if you’re going to think, don’t be half-hearted about it

Apparently John Cusack has fallen into the classic trap of believing libertarians give absolute, unfaltering support to corporate America.  For more on this, click here and here.  Thanks to Cato-at-liberty.

the strike in Hollywood

Agoraphilia’s Glen Whitman wants to know “why are unions so powerful in the entertainment industry, when unions are generally weak and in decline in most other sectors of the economy?”  For his educated guess, click here.

Ron Paul and libertarian purity

The Ron Paul debate has thankfully and officially shifted from one on the legitimacy of his candidacy to one concerning the merits of his views.
This past week saw a nice discussion on whether libertarians in general should endorse Paul.  On one side, you have libertarians such as Tim Sandefur questioning Paul’s seemingly absolute deference to [...]

sports update

When I moved to Sacramento, I was open to the idea of following the Kings (the only pro-sports team in town) and the NBA in general.  But given that LeBron James played here last night and I didn’t even care one bit, the future of me as NBA fan looks bleak.
In other sports news, my Saturday [...]