Category Archives: Blogs

Eric Muller Gets a Medal

Posted on April 14, 2007 by Michael Froomkin

A while back I posted a link to Eric Muller's research into the historical trail of his great-uncle who was murdered by the Nazis.

The story now has a surprise ending.

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The Stumblng Tumblr

Posted on April 13, 2007 by Michael Froomkin

One of my readers has started a new blog: The Stumblng Tumblr, described as “An Australian lawyer's tumblelog about things (some legal, some not) you might otherwise have missed”. It looks about as disorganized as Discourse.net, so Australian readers, and others too, might wish to take a peek.

The author has an interesting personal history but has decided to run the blog anonymously.

Here is a nice random bit of data I learned from The Stumblng Tumblr today:


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Herald Does Blogs in Teaching

Posted on March 25, 2007 by Michael Froomkin

The Miami Herald has a short article on blogs in teaching in today's education supplement, Blogs taking place of teachers' lounge chats, which includes some quotes from yours truly — although what I said is entirely about teacher-student communication and thus has little to do with their headline.

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Eric Muller on the Trail

Posted on March 18, 2007 by Michael Froomkin

Eric Muller is in Germany, on the historical trail of his great-uncle who was murdered by the Nazis.

Amazing posts at Is That Legal? at “And How Was The Weather In Łodź” and especially Uncle Leo's Medals.

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Rumpole on the Rampage

Posted on February 18, 2007 by Michael Froomkin

The Justice Building Blog, a gossipy yet serious attempt to talk about what happens in the local courts, is on a bit of a roll recently: I recommend both Diary of a Mad Jurist and Traffic.Parking (about how to improve conditions in traffic court). Having been through it recently, I especially like the idea of moving traffic ticket soundings (in which the magistrate offers most offenders a plea — usually, so many dollars, no points) online. But I wonder if the proposed rule about never allowing continuances isn't a bit harsh. Even the feds allow them for illness, for example.

On the other hand, I do think that last week's post about the TV exposé of local cops is a bit late (unless maybe the local station is doing reruns?). I wrote about it a year ago.

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Nancy Pelosi’s Office Has a Blog

Posted on February 14, 2007 by Michael Froomkin

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office has a new blog, called appropriately enough, The Gavel. Today there are lots of videos (via C-Span via YouTube) of house members giving speeches about the war.

I also noticed the Comments Policy:

Due to staffing constraints, we regret that we are not capable of monitoring, moderating, and responding to comments at all times. Instead, we will open up comments on selected posts when we, or our guest-posters, have adequate time to give your input the time and respect it deserves. We appreciate your patience and understanding, and we will be sure to give advance notice when the comments are open. Always feel free to contact us via e-mail with any concerns or input you might have.

…which seems reasonable enough. And then there's the JFK, which I'm hotlinking to below:

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