Have your Federalism cake and eat it too
Jun 02 2009, 17:49 EDT
The 7th circuit has ruled that the 2nd Amendment isn't incorporated under the 14th Amendment. The majority found the recent Heller decision by the Supreme Court doesn't apply to the states. The opinion lauds the legal laboratory of federalism but only a
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Your week in Quickies
May 24 2009, 13:26 EDT
I Was A Teenage Stock Photo [bobsalive] May 24 2009, 13:26 EDT A woman's account of having her picture taken in 2001, then seeing it yea
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Somervile/Ball Square News
May 17 2009, 20:11 EDT [updated May 18 2009, 11:44 EDT]
Somerville has a confirmed case of swine flu. Go us. Nearly three years after Urban Gourmet burned down the property has been reopened as Eat at Jumbos. Like Urban it is a pizza and burgers shop. Jumbos would like you to know "Eat At Jumbos is not aff
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The Power to Regulate is the Power to Destroy
May 07 2009, 19:45 EDT
.. or in the case of the "Car Czar" you can just threaten to destroy even if you don't have the power to regulate. Business Insider reports. Confronting the head of a non-TARP fund holding Chrysler debt and unwilling to release it for any sum less tha
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Your week in Quickies
May 07 2009, 16:28 EDT
Jughead's Hat [bobsalive] May 07 2009, 16:28 EDT A comprehensive history of Jughead's weird, crown-like hat.
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XBox360: Fighting Microsoft
May 05 2009, 14:10 EDT [updated May 05 2009, 14:26 EDT]
Most user interfaces are bad but some especially so. The worst are the ones that challenge you to guess the underlying departmental structure of the company that made them. If you've ever had trouble navigating a phone menu you know exactly what I mean.
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Quote of the Week
May 04 2009, 19:18 EDT
Grandstanding comes more easily to these folks than doing; and accomplishment without an audience is almost unthinkable.      - Peter Wood, talking about modern college students.
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