… 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:

Bloomberg.com reports that while economists have overwhelmingly ridiculed the idea of suspending the gas tax over the summer, Hillary Clinton has continued to stick to her guns. Clinton, after hearing that the economists thought the idea was ridiculous, stated: I’m not going to put my lot in with economists Ya know, it’s perfectly fine to say [...]

I have no idea who I am voting for in this upcoming Presidential election, but I’m certainly looking more favorably upon Barack Obama after reading his reactions to John McCain and Hillary Clinton’s populist attack against gas taxes. From the New York Times: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton lined up with Senator John McCain, the presumptive [...]

The Washington DC Metro (the DC subway system) just approved a $1 million plan to employ “mystery riders” to ride the subway trains.  Their job description: The mystery riders would travel on nearly all routes, evaluate the service from a customer’s perspective and provide feedback to Metro. Hmm.  Hiring someone to serve as a proxy for a [...]