Does Listening to Country Music Increase Suicide Rates? (Yes)
http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=95183303
Does Anal Massage Stop Chronic Hiccupping? (Yes)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2299306?dopt=Abstract
Can Rats Tell the Difference Between Japanese and Dutch Played
Backwards? (No) http://www.apa.org/releases/speech_article.pdf
Monday, September 28, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Michelle Obama and the President of Italy
Michelle Obama pointedly refused to hug Prime Minister Berlusconi last week because of his unsavory reputation with women. Notice Barack's expression.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Homeschooling Decision
This is an interesting New Hampshire state court decision in which divorced parents are fighting about the education of their child. The mother has "primary" custody and wants to home school the girl and presumably make sure she grows up to see the world as her mother does. The father wants the girl to attend public school so that she will get a more "diverse" view of the world.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
The Judge and Andrew Sullivan's Drug Bust
Read this piece describing journalist Andrew Sullivan's (gay Brit working and living in America) drug bust in Provincetown (gay resort on Cape Cod) and the judge's opinion linked therein.
What is the judge's thesis?
What is his argument?
The Empathy Standard
Read this short short piece describing two recent essays, one by Ronald Dworkin (liberal) and the other by Michael McConnell (conservative) on the issue of "empathy" as it applies to the Sotomoyor nomination and the proper role of judges generally.
What is the thesis of each of the essays?
What are their basic arguments?
Economics of Everyday Life
Read this short short piece on the economics of traffic court and auto insurance.
What is the thesis?
What is the argument?
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