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There has been vigorous discussion of David Kennedy’s NYTimes Op-Ed (07/25/05) on right-leaning blogs this week, with opinions ranging from the scandalized to the more reasonable, like at redstate.org. Sadly, lost in much of the reaction, is Kennedy’s argument questioning the wisdom of continuing with an all-volunteer army. (He does NOT suggest that Hessian behavior […]
"This rapidly rising health care burden is not, in fact, unique to GM — it is a critical national competitiveness issue for the United States, affecting our entire economy’s long- term strength. It’s clear that the health care crisis could benefit from stronger leadership by governments at all levels, and by business, and consumers, too […]
Cass Sunstein, author of Designing Democracy, just finished a guest blogging gig at Lawrence Lessig’s blog where he discussed aggregating information and "the risks associated with echo chambers and self-insulation." Here at the University of Chicago, we have something called the Chicago Judges Project, by which we tabulate and analyze thousands of votes of judges […]
John Emsley, author of The Elements of Murder: A History of Poison, appeared on Fresh Air yesterday. He discusses the effects of mercury and arsenic on the human body, "the perpetual pill," the dioxin poisoning of Viktor Yushchenko, and the story of Edward Palmer, who is believed to have poisoned his numerous illegitimate children with […]
Happiness author Daniel Nettle appeared on the Diane Rehm show on Friday (07/22/2005) for an hour. The entire hour-long discussion is available in the archives via the link below. LINK
The Karl Rove/Valerie Plame/Judith Miller saga echoes a tune with many refrains. Washington, D.C. has been grappling with leaks to the press ever since the government arrived in 1800–the year that Congress held its first investigation into how the press obtained secret documents. Twice, in 1848 and 1871, the U.S. Senate held reporters prisoners in […]
Justice John Roberts has been nominated for the Supreme Court. You can entire the entire 734 page pdf file of Judge Roberts’ 2003 hearing before Judicial Committee on the New York Times website. We present an excerpt from Lee Epstein and Jeffrey Segal’s forthcoming book Advice and Consent: The Politics of Judicial Appointments below.