Archive for July 2005
Knapp on the state of empire
Tom Knapp has written something that you ought to read: Since going back to an all-volunteer force after Vietnam, the military has depended on incentives to get young men and women to enlist. One of those incentives — unstated but definitely at play — is that while the kid is building a college fund and…
Read MoreAn Invitation
I received this in my email last night: Mr. X,Congratulations, it is with great pleasure that I invite you to join the American University Law Review. I sincerely hope that you will choose to become a member of our staff. Law Review offers many challenging and rewarding experiences, and I look forward to your joining…
Read MoreThe Best Defense
During my Wills, Trusts, & Estates class tonight, we covered the sad case of Azcunce v. Estate of Azcunce, 586 So. 2d 1216 (Fla. App. 3rd Dist. 1991). The father executed a will naming his three children at the time: Lisette, Natalie, and Gabriel. He then had a fourth child about a year later, Patricia.…
Read MoreA Million Ways to Be Cruel
OK Go has a brilliant dance number set to their song, A Million Ways to be Cruel. Hat tip: Johnny Law. Yours truly,Mr. X …off for the weekend… UPDATE: NPR’s All Things Considered did an interview with the lead singer of the band and his choreographer sister.
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