Daily Archive: September 27, 2012

/// September 27, 2012

There Was No Civil Liberties Mandate

Conor Friedersdorf of The Atlantic has a widely read explanation of why he cannot, on moral grounds, do as he did in 2008 and vote for Barack Obama. It’s a long piece and it’s...

/// September 27, 2012

Social Media

Not really safe for work. Still, an interesting use of social media scraping.

/// September 27, 2012

The Birth of a (Whiskey) Barrel

Yesterday someone sent me a link to a cool video at Devour. A description from the site: A look inside Brown-Forman Cooperage in Louisville, Kentucky where Jack Daniels, unlike any other major distiller in...

Mark of New Jersey

/// September 27, 2012

New Facts on the Elizabeth Warren UPL Issue

Professor Jacobson has uncovered this morning a case in which Elizabeth Warren entered an appearance in a federal appellate court as a representative of a Massachusetts client in a case that appears to have...

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