Author Archives: Michael Froomkin

Unsolicited Endorsement

Posted on December 16, 2005 by Michael Froomkin

If you are looking for wood furniture in Miami, I recommend WoodWorks Home Furnishings. There are days when it feels like we got half our furniture there. Possibly because we just about did. Nice, honest people who know their stuff, stand behind it, and charge reasonable prices given it’s solid wood.

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’bout Time

Posted on December 15, 2005 by Michael Froomkin

Redressing a 15-year-old error, the University of Michigan Law School has given Jessica Litman a tenured offer. And she’s accepted. The only down side here is that it reduces the number of faculty couples employed at the same law school. (At least temporarily.)

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The Latest Wacked Bush Theory

Posted on December 15, 2005 by Michael Froomkin

I would never post this had it not come from that paragon of right-of-center respectability, UCLA Law Prof. Stephen Bainbridge. But since it does, I cannot resist:

Bush: Commie Dupe? Here at ProfessorBainbridge.com, we dote on conspiracy theories. So we were amused by science fiction writer Charles Stross argument “that George W. Bush is a communist dupe.” Or, more precisely, a dupe of a conspiracy of a cabal that has combined “the Shachtmanite version of Trotskyism” and “right-wing crypto-Nieztchian philosopher Leo Strauss.” It would seem to explain a lot.

Of course, Prof. Bainbridge also mentions in the comments to that item that “here at ProfessorBainbridge.com we were very taken with Cthulhu’s slogan in the 2004 Presidential race: ‘Why settle for the lesser of two evils?'” … so be forewarned….

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Brad DeLong Interviews John Harris

Posted on December 14, 2005 by Michael Froomkin

Brad DeLong Interviews John Harris. “It didn’t go very well,” he writes….

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Reinhardt Strikes Again!

Posted on December 14, 2005 by Michael Froomkin

The Onion – America’s Finest News Source, reports that Activist Judge Cancels Christmas. I expect this latest ourage by Judge Stephen Reinhardt will be on Fox soon since it seems any lie on the subject of the oppression of the majority by itself will do very nicely.

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The Blogs Are Cooking With Dan

Posted on December 13, 2005 by Michael Froomkin

Got lots to do, and anyway I don’t want to say anything more about Dan’s current 15 minutes, lest someone think (wrongly, I assure you) that I’m acting as his mouthpiece. But I’m reading it all with great interest and not a little glee.

So here’s some of the more recent choice commentary elsewhere on the ‘new Post’ / ‘old Post’ kerfuffle.

Don’t miss: Jeff Jarvis, Splitting newsrooms and hairs and the twofer (content & linkfest) in Jay Rosen, Press Think John Harris and Jim Brady Get Into It About “White House Briefing.” Dan Froomkin Replies. Almost all the links are really good.

Bonus tracks: Brad DeLong, The Future of the Washington Post and Marty Kaplan, Journalism’s Slo-Mo Suicide.

And, despite the great attraction of the readers’ suggestion that Dan’s column be re-named “Dan Froomkin’s ‘Cooking with Walnuts’,” it seems that White House Briefing is here to stay.

Update: Brad DeLong comes back for a second strafing run.

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