Archive for October 2007
Why People Have to Make Their Own Mistakes
Found in an Economist article on how a central bank can (or cannot) stop a bank run: “the ultimate result of shielding man from the effects of folly is to people the world with fools.” – Herbert Spencer, State Tampering with Money and Banks
Read MoreBeing a Happy, Healthy, Ethical Lawyer
Orin Kerr posted a question on the Volokh Conspiracy from a not yet employed 3L looking for career advice. There are good suggestions in the comments, but the best one is from “Anonobvious,” who linked to Patrick J. Schiltz’s law review article, “On Being a Happy, Healthy, and Ethical Member of an Unhappy, Unhealthy, and…
Read MoreMuckraking of the First Order
Radley Balko has a shocking account of how Steven Hayne cornered the autopsy market in Mississippi. During his years, he’s testified that a skeletonized woman was strangled (even though there was no muscle tissue to make that determination), testified that two people’s hands were on a gun from the bullet wound, and performed 1,800 autopsies…
Read MorePoker Stars Blogger Tournament – October 14
I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker! This Online Poker Tournament is a No Limit Texas Holdem event exclusive to Bloggers. Registration code: 7483439 UPDATE: I finished 1046th out of 1337 players with this hand: PokerStars Game #12625899736: Tournament #63028692, Freeroll Hold’em No Limit – Level IV (150/300)…
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