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Yesterday Barack Obama released a statement about the crisis in Lebanon that surely must be cause for celebration in Tehran, Damascus, and Bint Jbeil. First of all, there is the alternate-reality feel to it:

Tax Prof Cheryl Block has joined other Washington University law faculty in opposing the award of an honory degree to Phyllis Schlafly.

On May 9, the Village Voice posted this interview with Bob Barr. The interviewer asks good questions, such as what Barr would do about Iraq if he were actually elected president, and his reaction to his inadvertent appearance in the “Borat” movie a few years ago.

Last week, the Michigan Democratic Party said all factions had agreed on a proposed division of delegates, 69 for Clinton and 59 for Obama. However, on May 8, the Clinton campaign said it does not support the plan. Since the national Democratic Party would need to approve the state Democratic plan, and [...]

Microsoft has just approached the Blender guys , and I would assume have or will approach other FOSS projects since we learn that Microsoft has assigned a guy to work with Open Source projects, with a request for information on how to make Blender run better on Windows . Here's part of what Microsoft emailed to Blender: With respect to Blender, ...

Happy Mother's Day Originally uploaded by Lily Zhu Happy Mother's Day to all the working mothers...because every mother is a working mother! Enjoy, all.

NYU Law Dean Richard Revesz has written an interesting essay for Grist arguing that environmentalists should reconsider their opposition to cost-benefit analysis of regulations. It is based upon his new...

"Texas high court operates in secrecy, group claims; Watchdog says justices producing too many unsigned legal opinions": The Associated Press provides this article about a report that the group Texas Watch issued recently.