Two years later, I'm no more optimistic than I was when I wrote Rose Burawoy, Political Scientist. Less, rather.
Recent Bluessky Posts- Jotwell Jurisprudence: Carlos Bernal, The Object of Legal Interpretation, JOTWELL (May 1, 2026) (reviewing Francisco J. Urbina, The Object of Interpretation, 114 Geo. L.J. __ (forthcoming 2026), available at SSRN (Feb. 11, 2025)), juris.jotwell.com/the-object-o.... May 1, 2026 Jotwell
- Jotwell IP: Lisa Larrimore Ouellette, Clinical Trial Transparency and Patent Prior Art, JOTWELL (Apr 30, 2026) (reviewing Dennis Byrski & Lucy Xiaolu Wang, Marketing Authorization and Strategic Patenting: Evidence from Pharmaceuticals, 247 J. Pub. Econ. 105415 (2025)), ip.jotwell.com/clinical-tri... April 30, 2026 Jotwell
- Had one been elected promising national health that would have been strong evidence of a winning coalition for it. That sort of thing becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy sometimes. Electoral campaigns are not the moment to discuss the nuts and bolts of horse-trading. They're the time to inspire. April 29, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Emma Cave, Keeping Pace with Technological Advances, JOTWELL (April 29, 2026) (reviewing Neera Bhatia, Technology, Health, and Law in Life and Death Before the Cradle to Beyond the Grave (2025)), health.jotwell.com/keeping-pace.... April 29, 2026 Jotwell
- Seems to me there ought to be a problem if large numbers of women whose married names didn't match their birth names will need to get a passport in order to vote, and that passport will come with a partisan portrait. www.thebulwark.com/p/exclusive-... April 29, 2026 Michael Froomkin
I didnt know of this blog two years ago but, after reading the original post and seeing how things have evolved, I would also say that there are more reasons for concern now than before. However, that doesnt mean that Im more or less pessimistic about the issue (state abuse) a truly concerned person cant afford such a feeling, its unpractical: the enemy feeds precisely on this kind of individual weakness. One example (of many, including Prof. Froomkins efforts from this blog) of the right approach (Ive done a search and havent been able to find any reference to her in this site): Jesselyn Radack (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesselyn_Radack). A brilliant lawyer with a promising career in the Justice Department, she was fired, smeared and blacklisted after blowing the whistle about the misuse of relevant information in the trial against John Walker Lindh (the American Taliban). Add to this multiple sclerosis and being the mother of three young children. Did she give up? No way. Shes suing the government and pursuing her legal career as a speaker, writer and teacher in legal ethics.
“Granite Shadow”
After 9/11 I understood (tho didn’t agree with) the desire to hurt someone who at least looked like the suicide bombers. Bush’s cowboy/bully approach obviously appealed to many folks as ‘strong leadership.’ But the bungling (?) of the Katrina aftermath (KatrinaGate?) has shaken me. Greed I understand. Revenge I understand. BushCo’s blandly ignoring the suffering and death of fellow Americans has truly shaken my foundation of optimism. Maybe the species that inherit the earth will learn from our mistakes. Shit.