Monthly Archives: March 2015

Via my friend and law school colleague Michael Smith: Orin Kerr has written (finally!) the essay that John Roberts has always wanted to studiously pretend he has not read: Pick up a copy of any law review that you see … Continue reading →

There’s been a lot of speculation about whether Seattle’s new $15 minimum wage is the leading edge of progress for labor or a doomed attempt to rewrite the laws of economics. The argument in favor of that high minimum wage … Continue reading →

Via Ivy Onyeador at UCLA, I’ve come across this inspiring essay by Walidah Imarisha, who talks about the importance of science fiction in helping us envision social change: When we talk about a world without prisons; a world without police … Continue reading →

What country is already larger (by population) than Russia and expected to be larger than the U.S. in thirty years, runs the world’s second most prolific film industry, has the world’s tenth-largest oil reserve and ninth-largest natural gas reserve, is … Continue reading →

The other day, someone found out I was a vet and asked me what I thought of the scene in American Sniper where Bradley Cooper has to decide whether to shoot a mother and child who might be suicide bombers. … Continue reading →