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Trackback from “In Defense of Degree Mills” to “On the morality of bullshit degrees” 2008-05-16T07:17:54-05:00 Outside The Beltway | OTB My colleague Chris Lawrence contemplates the case of a private school teacher with an education doctorate from a degree mill: Yet I am forced to wonder how much we should really be bothered when Taylor could easily have gotten his degree from an accred... tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2008-05-16:trackback-12:17:54+0000-4073 Trackback from “Deep South Blues for the GOP” to “The long arm of Barack Obama” 2008-05-13T20:18:03-05:00 Outside The Beltway | OTB The Democrats have picked up their second Deep South congressional seat in as many weeks, with Travis Childers defeating Republican candidate Greg Davis by a substantial margin in the special election contest to replace Roger Wicker, now serving as the... tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2008-05-14:trackback-01:18:03+0000-4057 Trackback from “Scruggs indictment, day two” to “C-L: seemingly random "Oxford lawyer indicted"” 2007-11-29T17:20:26-06:00 Overlawyered David Rossmiller at Insurance Coverage Blog (who's also a co-blogger of mine at Point of Law) continues to be the must-read source on this sensational story and its fast-breaking developments. He's posted a PDF of... tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2007-11-29:trackback-23:20:26+0000-3942 Trackback from “Now here's some ballot access” to “Voting is hard” 2007-09-14T03:02:19-05:00 dustbury.com I've complained before about the difficulty in getting access to Oklahoma ballots faced by third-party candidates, and there are at least ten good reasons to loosen up the requirements. Chris Lawrence has linked to a sample ballot for his precinct... tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2007-09-14:trackback-08:02:19+0000-3873 Trackback from “Fighting Comment Spam and Digitizing Old Books” to “Spam reduction in effect” 2007-05-25T17:04:49-05:00 PoliBlog (TM): A Rough Draft of my Thoughts Fascinating: What is reCAPTCHA?. h/t: Signifying Nothing. ... tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2007-05-25:trackback-22:04:49+0000-3818 Trackback from “The Travails of Separation of Powers Democracy” to “Unorthodox lawmaking” 2007-04-28T09:09:20-05:00 PoliBlog (TM): A Rough Draft of my Thoughts (none) tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2007-04-28:trackback-14:09:20+0000-3794 Trackback from “Takei Responds to Hardaway” to “Takei on Hardaway” 2007-02-22T02:09:14-06:00 PoliBlog (TM): A Rough Draft of my Thoughts Classic: I suppose that this belongs on PoliSciFi or Deportes, but it just seemed to deserve being on the main page (plus the whole Hardaway thing made the political Blogosphere because of a Michael Medved column and various responses). h/t: Chris ... tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2007-02-22:trackback-08:09:14+0000-3729 Trackback from “I Know Firefox” to “Words to live by” 2007-01-19T09:57:22-06:00 BIGJIM.org From Jacob T. Levy via Chris over at Signifying Nothing, these are great… Under no circumstances is “Microsoft Word” a skill worth listing on your C.V. Neither is Power Point or Excel. Unless you’re a certified sys admin, under no circumsta... tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2007-01-19:trackback-15:57:22+0000-3701 Trackback from “Need a Bandwagon?” to “For those who live under a rock” 2007-01-06T06:28:49-06:00 BIGJIM.org Which bandwagon are you on for the NFL Playoffs? Let the NFL help you decide. It told me San Diego Chargers, but I’d rather see the Saints, Giants, and/or Colts make it all the way. (via Signifying Nothing) ... tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2007-01-06:trackback-12:28:49+0000-3688 Trackback from “QoTD, Egg Bowl edition” to “QoTD, Egg Bowl edition” 2006-11-25T06:30:34-06:00 BIGJIM.org Via Signifying Nothing: QoTD, Egg Bowl edition, From Michael Lewis’ The Blind Side, explaining the passions surrounding the Egg Bowl to outsiders. Click through please. ... tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2006-11-25:trackback-12:30:34+0000-3632 Trackback from “A Lott of nothing” to “More Trent, Less Fulfilling” 2006-11-16T00:20:18-06:00 dustbury.com Four years ago, I titled an item "The last, dear God, the last Trent Lott entry." Obviously I spoke too soon. Chris Lawrence says it better than I: Senate leadership positions on either side of the aisle aren’t exactly hotbeds... tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2006-11-16:trackback-06:20:18+0000-3626 Trackback from “A related public service announcement” to “Public service announcement” 2006-11-13T09:11:11-06:00 Profesora Abstraida (none) tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2006-11-13:trackback-15:11:11+0000-3620 Trackback from “Metros” to “Rapid transit geekery” 2006-09-11T09:25:08-05:00 Fruits and Votes the really, really important fact is that I have ridden many more than Chris or–especially remarkably–Stephen!!! ... tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2006-09-11:trackback-14:25:08+0000-3525 Trackback from “Professionalization of the Blogosphere” to “Non-monetary compensation” 2006-09-06T03:15:00-05:00 Outside The Beltway | OTB Conn Carroll believes the blogosphere is increasingly moving away from its amateur roots: Looking at the top 10 most trafficked blogs, only DailyKos, Crooks and Liars, Michelle Malkin, and Instapundit started out as lone blogger-hobbyists. The other 6 ... tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2006-09-06:trackback-08:15:00+0000-3540 Trackback from “Mr. No Traffic Political Blogger Guy” to “Fantasy Bud ads” 2006-09-02T07:37:55-05:00 dustbury.com Certainly deserving of being honored as one of the "Real Men of Genius", I'd say. So crack open an ice-cold Bud Light: ... 'cause while any guy can watch the... tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2006-09-02:trackback-12:37:55+0000-3535 Trackback from “Tolerance Camp, Libertarian Edition” to “Anticipatory Rejection” 2006-08-20T02:39:06-05:00 damnum absque injuria Someone let Mona out of her cage, and now she’s calling to purge the libertarian movement of any self-described libertarians who commit the cardinal sin of disagreeing with her on such key issues as domestic policy, foreign policy, national secur... tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2006-08-20:trackback-07:39:06+0000-3519 Trackback from “Are You Quality? Jaqueline Passey Says Chances Are You’re Not.” to “Anticipatory Rejection” 2006-08-14T06:07:24-05:00 Independent Sources For those who have never visited Jacqueline Passey’s blog she is a Libertarian, Sci-Fi Fan Girl, with a degree in Economics and a fairly large following. She has also recently broken up with her boyfriend professional poker player Terrence Chan... tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2006-08-14:trackback-11:07:24+0000-3519 Trackback from “That darned old county line” to “Petty psychology” 2006-07-14T02:06:58-05:00 dustbury.com The amiable Dr. Chris Lawrence has adopted a more modest return address: I’ve decided to list my return address on job applications as "St. Louis" rather than "Clayton," since the... tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2006-07-14:trackback-07:06:58+0000-3489 Trackback from “Motorola Headset with a Powerbook” to “Memo to Apple” 2006-06-19T13:20:11-05:00 blogs for industry A couple of weeks ago, I left a comment on Chris Lawrence's blog about using a bluetooth headset with my powerbook. Of course, after that it stopped working...I think I let the charge decay and then forgot where I put the manual for how to redo the setu... tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2006-06-19:trackback-18:20:11+0000-3465 Trackback from “The Walmartization of Organic” to “Whole Foods as a fashion accessory” 2006-06-07T10:31:29-05:00 Bodark.com Not too long ago, Walmart predictably announced that they’d start carrying organic food. A few days ago, the NY Times ran an interesting piece by Michael Pollan, journalism professor at UC-Berkeley, in which he discussed some of the broader implicatio... tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2006-06-07:trackback-15:31:29+0000-3456 Trackback from “Dixie Chicks Bush-Whacked?” to “Oh inverted world” 2006-06-02T09:22:34-05:00 Outside The Beltway | OTB Jonathan Adler cites recent reports that the Dixie Chicks’ new CD has debuted at #1 on the album charts as evidence of political acceptance: “Although some country stations refuse to play their music, the Dixie Chicks seem are doing okay. T... tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2006-06-02:trackback-14:22:34+0000-3455 Trackback from “Grade haggling” to “Grade this” 2006-05-10T03:52:12-05:00 Arguing with signposts... Now that I’ve had a few days to unwind from the semester, I note that some of my colleagues are just now getting finished with their semesters. Steven Taylor comments on grade negotiations, and Chris Lawrence observes that he gets a lot of “... tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2006-05-10:trackback-08:52:12+0000-3432 Trackback from “Fake but accurate charges of rape at Duke” to “D-Day Morning” 2006-04-17T02:28:58-05:00 Alabama Watch I like Craig Newmark’s assessment Craig Newmark’s assessment of what will happen with the Duke rape charges. He says that the District Attorney will reluctantly drop the charges. Reluctantly because he was looking to ride this horse into th... tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2006-04-17:trackback-07:28:58+0000-3387 Trackback from “Rev. Jesse Jackson steps into the Duke lacrosse s” to “Investigators claim accuser was drugged” 2006-04-16T03:39:00-05:00 John in Carolina Rev. Jesse Jackson's offering a scholarship to the woman who's made the Duke lacrosse allegation. Wait until you hear the terms and have a chance to think about what it means for young people. tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2006-04-16:trackback-08:39:00+0000-3382 Trackback from “Duke Lacrosse Case : Officer Says Accuser Needed No Medical Attention” to “Responding officer: victim was “passed out drunk,” did not need medical attention” 2006-04-13T13:44:01-05:00 TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime Via Signifying Nothing, the Associated Press reports a radio call by one of the officers responding to the grocery store 9-11 call five minutes after it was made at 1:30 a.m. reported the accuser was passed out drunk and not... tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2006-04-13:trackback-18:44:01+0000-3375