Author Archives: Michael Froomkin

Plame Scandal for Beginners

Posted on February 10, 2006 by Michael Froomkin

Juan Cole explains the Plame scandal in pictures. Simple enough for anyone to understand.

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I Used to Live at ‘No Mother’

Posted on February 10, 2006 by Michael Froomkin

Fun Anagram Map of the London Tube (via Boing Boing).

We lived at ‘What Stampedes’ and ‘No Mother’ while worked near ‘Spicular Dicyclic’. Caroline usually walked to work from ‘Lob Horn’. (Ordinary tube map for comparison.)

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For Federal Jurisdiction Mavens

Posted on February 10, 2006 by Michael Froomkin

Constitutional law and federal jurisdiction mavens (but not too many others?) will definitely want to read Steve Vladeck’s latest post on the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, inspired by a special concurrence in the 11th Circuit’s consideration of the Schiavo case.

Ordinarily, I’d worry about junior faculty pouring out so much smarts into ‘mere’ blog posts, but Steve has so much to spare….

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Lech Walesa at UM on Monday

Posted on February 9, 2006 by Michael Froomkin

Former Polish President Lech Walesa will be speaking on campus on Monday.

And I’m going to have to miss it. Yes, he has turned out to be something of a reactionary as a post-liberation public citizen. But still a great figure of courage and an inspiring reminder that regular people can move mountains (with enough help from their friends). So I would have liked to go.

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Sex and Money

Posted on February 9, 2006 by Michael Froomkin

To make up for today’s light posting, here–again courtesy of my wife and of the UK’s Financial Services Authority–is a link to a website using the ‘stripped down’ modern approach to investor education: The world of money laid bare, from the FSA.

I guess it says something about the British that you need pictures of unclothed people to get them to pay attention to their finances.

I also bet this post gets lots of traffic…

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My English Wife Sent Me This

Posted on February 8, 2006 by Michael Froomkin

According to a UK government report, entitled “Sex, lies and money. Research reveals finance is the new taboo,”

One third of women are dishonest to their partners about their credit card spending habits (33%) compared to 29% of men admitting not always telling the truth.

Is she trying to tell me something? Or does she suspect?

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