Here and There

Fenster writes:

Charles Lane at the WaPo gives colleges an F for controlling costs.  He gets a B+, easy.

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A very nice essay on the law and driverless cars, discussed at this site here, can be found at the Volokh Conspiracy here.

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How good a historian was Howard Zinn?

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Red states are more generous in charitable giving and, no surprise, more religious states and regions are more generous than more secular ones.  However, when religion as the object of the gift is factored out, the situation reverses and the otherwise cheapskate Northeast leads the pack.

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Hey, don’t forget George Zimmerman!  He will be back.  Fred Francis, NBC’s chief legal affairs correspondent has said that the case against Z is “the weakest case I’ve ever seen get this kind of national publicity”.

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Will beauty kill the beast?

New social housing in Union Square, north London

 

 

 

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About Fenster

Gainfully employed for thirty years, including as one of those high paid college administrators faculty complain about. Earned Ph.D. late in life and converted to the faculty side. Those damn administrators are ruining everything.
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3 Responses to Here and There

  1. dearieme's avatar dearieme says:

    The traditional account of their history taught to Americans is such obvious malarkey that it’s not surprising that an opposition version should arise. It’s a pity that it’s malarkey too.

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  2. Epaminondas's avatar epiminondas says:

    When I heard that Dershowitz thought the case against Zimmerman groundless, I figured it must be a media lynching.

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  3. slumlord's avatar slumlord says:

    We can still build beautiful stuff.

    Thank God.

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