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Seinfeld now defender of coffee
If you haven’t checked out Jerry Seinfeld’s new web show Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee then you should – it’s a lot of fun. But a recent article in Grub Street NY (NY Mag) reveals that he’s only a...
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The Congress Air Travel Advantage
Being a member of congress can be pretty cool for a number of reasons. One reason is the air travel advantages they receive – like preferred parking and a free ‘shotgun’ approach to scheduling...
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Just for fun – What journals do courts cite?
With academics increasingly coming under pressure to demonstrate that scholarship has real world impact, citation to government decisions seems informative. I took a few minutes to assemble some...
View ArticleThe 2012-13 law faculty salaries
H/T and for more information on such matters see TaxProf Blog. For additional information on how SALT salary surveys are done go here. U.S. News Law School Assistant Professor Tenured Professor Summer...
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The ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ of Losing in Court
Ben Depoorter (UC Hastings Law) has recently posted “The Upside of Losing” on SSRN (forthcoming in Columbia Law Review) — arguing that not all losses in court are necessarily a loss, politically....
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Can The “Six Million Dollar Man” Be Too Far Behind?
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports on university presidents who have passed the million dollar mark in compensation. But wait, there’s more: Many presidents have a substantial portion of their...
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‘Danger is my business’– the most dangerous jobs
It’s not being a spy and it’s not being a surfer – in fact the most dangerous jobs in America probably aren’t any of the occupations that you might guess. Here are the top five: 1. Job: Fishing Risk...
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Of corporate boards, great part-time gigs, and high CEO pay
Let’s see, corporate boards largely set CEO pay and who serves on those boards? And what are their incentives? An interesting take on this by Gawker via the WSJ: This WSJ story on people attempting to...
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The times they are a changing – early 1960s vs. today
How are we different? Well, we … 1. Watch way more TV. The daily TV consumption of American households has skyrocketed over the last 50 years from 5 hours to over 8 hours per day, according to...
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Dangerous neighborhoods in the US
Starting at #25 Rank Neighborhood Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000) My Chances of Becoming a Victim Here (in one year) 25 Chicago, IL (S Indiana Ave / E 60th St) 65.77 1 in 15 24 Tulsa, OK (E Apache St /...
View ArticleStar Trek technology … today
Well, kinda – but pretty astounding really … H/T reddit 1. Quantum Teleportation 2. “Geordi Visors” that help the blind “see” with their tongues 3. Tractor beams – albeit wimpy ones
View ArticleDo Policy Messengers Matter?
If you download this paper, it will change your life — I mean, it will if you believe in the whole ‘Butterfly Effect’ phenomenon …. My co-author, Scott Boddery, recently posted our paper “Do Policy...
View ArticleJosh Zingher on social group membership and the evolution of political parties
Josh Zingher has posted his paper “An Analysis of the Changing Social Bases of American Political Parties: 1952-2008″ on SSRN. Josh is is a Doctoral Candidate in Political Science at Binghamton...
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