Michael Phelps is incredible.  However, how much should we discount his performance as an Olympian compared to athletes in other sports?  NBC was quick to call Phelps the best Olympian ever after he received his eighth gold medal of the games.  However, there are reasons to question how impressive his feat really was. At first blush, [...]

The Art of Manliness Blog just posted a fantastic list of ten reasons why manliness should not stand in the way of “going green.”  This article hits home for me because I know a number of males who tend to shy away from eco-friendly activities because they do not believe the activities are ”manly.”  My favorite quote [...]

Generally, candidates for any election in the United States do quite a bit of pandering.  And generally, the pandering they do is a wholly illegitimate take on a given issue.  One such issue that strikes me in particular is free trade.  Politicians regularly attack free trade by claiming that trade takes away jobs from Americans, [...]

… not that gimme-five is not worth reading.  But, for a good, but very sad read, check out Shinyung Oh’s blog, entitled “Because You Never Know.”  Shinyung Oh was a lawyer who worked at Paul Hastings who had a miscarriage and was laid off about a week later and told that it was for performance [...]

If you’ve listened to the radio or watched TV today, I’m sure you’ve heard about the D.C. v. Heller decision today.  A few comments on the case: It’s an extremely narrow decision, which is very wise.  Most significantly, the court recognized that the right to bear arms is indeed an individual right, and the militia part [...]

Apparently, one of Barack Obama’s largest political liabilities is that 15% of voters think he is a Muslim, and do not feel comfortable voting for a Muslim (AP-Yahoo Poll Conducted April 2-14) (some polls say 10%).  Notwithstanding that it is a bit crazy to think someone who just publicly dealt with his connections to a crazy [...]

The title of this article may be misleading.  To be clear: I am a big fan of the First Amendment.  Freedom of speech is possibly the most important individual human freedom.  Every person in the world should be allowed to freely express himself in “the marketplace of ideas,” except in extremely rare circumstances. Yet many people [...]

I am proud to announce that I completed my first year of law school this spring at George Mason University. Without a doubt, it was the most intellectually challenging year of my life, as well as the most time consuming experience I have ever faced. Yet I certainly learned a lot, and I [...]

Everyone seems to be groaning about high gas prices lately.  Sure, it can be painful to spend $50-$100 to fill up a car with gas, but there are some big benefits from these high prices. First and foremost, high gas prices have caused traffic and congestion to decrease.  AAA predicts that for the first time since [...]

Sorry to harp on the gas tax holiday so much, lately, but this is hilarious: