Friday, October 31, 2014

I loved this post about the boycott.

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See here .  (Hat tip to my dad for sending it to me.)
Monday, October 27, 2014

Happy birthday, John Cleese!

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And here is his lecture on how to be creative.

A nice shout-out in a book review.

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See here .  Thanks, Sue Liemer !
Thursday, October 16, 2014

Congratulations to the wonderful Kathleen Lyon!

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Full story here , but here's my favorite paragraph: The 10 th   and final Distinguished Service Award is presented to Tax Division Off...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014

For my friends who aren't on Facebook--a recap of a happy event last month.

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Yep, that's 1st place in the USDC Rising Star Smooth, B Division.  YAY!

Dear Financial Times newspaper: you win; I give up; I will not renew my subscription.

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I have tried--and tried, and tried, and tried, and TRIED--to renew my newspaper subscription.  I can't reach a human; when the "hum...

Assuming that what this professor says is true (and I have no reason to think that it's not), I'm standing with him in solidarity.

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See here .  Universities are supposed to be places in which divergent views can be heard with respect and intelligent debate.  That means th...
Monday, October 06, 2014

Guess who gets to hang out more in the Lee Business School now?

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Yep--I'm now an Affiliate Professor of Business Law and Ethics in the Lee Business School .  YAY!
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Friday, September 26, 2014

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that a former AALS president says that some law schools should close.

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Here's the article.  I agree with Michael Olivas about this point, which is why I said the same thing in 2012.
Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Another wonderful Lubet post about the Salaita issue.

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See here .  What I liked best about this post is the point about trying to see things from other points of view.  Too often, we assume that ...
Friday, September 19, 2014

UNLV's State of the University Address.

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It's here .  And for my buddies, the stuff about me starts around 1:24:18 or so.

And another feel-good story....

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See here .

Awesome young inventor....

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See here .  And his mom's awesome, too!

UPDATE: Why I am no longer a Democrat (the short version).

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There's a longer explanation having to do with feeling as though I no longer belong in the mainstream of Democrats, but the shorter--and...
Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Some great tips on writing.

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See here .
Tuesday, September 16, 2014

An important report on how universities, private business, and the government can work together to improve research.

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See here .  And Rice University's own Neal Lane was one of the co-chairs of the report.  (Go, Owls!)
Sunday, September 14, 2014

If you're as opposed to the boycotts of Israel as I am, please read on.

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From my friend Danny Sokol :  Dear Colleagues: The following statement is being circulated on numerous campuses to be released  in the ...
Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Am I a bit OCD about writing? Why, yes. Yes, I am.

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Proof?  My latest proofreading affidavit for my students ( here ).
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Dear Apple: fool me once, shame on you; fool me EIGHT TIMES, shame on me.

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I give up.  I have owned eight of your Airport Time Machines.  Eight.  And the number of them that have failed catastrophically?  EIGHT, inc...
Monday, August 18, 2014

Bravo, Steven Lubet!

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His post over at The Faculty Lounge is superb in its dissection of the Salaita issues.  My only tiny quibble is that I'm totally ok wi...