Law Professors Debate Gun Rights

"Tempers flared and neurons fired Monday at the Yale Law School, where students and faculty discussed McDonald v. Chicago, a Supreme Court decision on gun rights with 'huge historical significance,'…
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The Tenth Inning

Baseball fans -- especially those who enjoyed Ken Burns' "nine inning" series on baseball that premiered in the 1990's -- will want to catch his new film that brings forward his…
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The Latest on Rabban

Way back when I started blogging I told myself that I was going to talk about scholarship.  One of the things I'm hoping to get back to is talking about…
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When Did Snacks Become Snack?

Call me pernickety, but I have a personal grudge against the word "snack", as in "who is bringing snack for the kids' bocce team" or "she won't be hungry for the seitan…
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1,000,000 Visitors

It's a bit startling to think that we've reached the 1 million visitor landmark.   In February 2008, I was pondering starting an interdisciplinary blog - in fact, the original name for…
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The Tiger Woods Of Public Housing

The Philadelphia Housing Authority canned its Executive Director, Carl Greene, after allegations of multiple acts of sexual harassment.  John Street, the charismatic former mayor of Philly and current PHA Chairman, pronounced:…
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Realistic Reparations

 As I'm sitting here preparing for a plenary panel on "Reparations in the Era of Obama" at the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, which is…
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