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I've been memed... and I hereby meme thee

Mark Britton of Avvo has added me to this meme to post about my favorite non-law blogs... Here they are (in not particular order!): 43 Folders - helps me keep…

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Ideology > facts

Jonathan M. Gitlin on Ars Technica: "We like to think that people will be well informed before making important decisions, such as who to vote for, but the…

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A little respect

There's an interesting subtext to some of the recent developments in the presidential election: the centrality of respect. I've long thought that one o…

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Permeable minds

At the risk of making this blog look like merely another distribution channel for his column, David Brooks in today's NYT: "...this individualist descr…

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Rowling v. RDR Books

We defended the publisher of the Harry Potter Lexicon against suit from J.K. Rowling and Warner Brothers. The Harry Potter Lexicon began as a website on which…