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In my Judicial Process course tonight we are finishing up the criminal trial process and talking about sentencing and corrections… so we’ll cover a few interesting things tonight… including cross-examination. This is an old — yet quintessential example of an effective (yes it’s lawyer tricks) cross-ex. even though it’s from a civil hypothetical. I [...] Hugh Laurie… this looks like it could be good. Yeah it’s got the white teacher/black kid meme going, but there have been some good flicks out of that genre. Share on Facebook Tonight in my International Law seminar we will discuss why and how this scene from The Dark Knight — in addition to being effing awesome — is legal (even though it violates every Chinese law in the book I imagine). The Joker may not have had a plan but he knew the money guy [...] Having trouble understanding the Bill of Rights? Well, as only they can, the fine folks at Ranger Up are here to help with their latest shirt, currently available for pre-order. The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. These limitations serve to protect the [...] Due to some faculty load issues (sabbaticals, leaves of absence, etc.) I was able to teach a couple of U.S. History II (since the Civil War) survey courses (all hands on deck) this past academic year. Nothing educates (or should educate) like teaching. I was finally able — forced in a way — to [...] In my classes I always try (when appropriate) to get my students to look at the past fairly, honestly, and then draw reasonable connections with the present day. Our history with Indian tribes is well-documented and I will not wear that particular hairshirt here. So what does our abysmal treatment of Indians in the [...] Floyd and I have had a running debate about the validity of the humanities in a University education. This article (and especially the comments), is a must read for anyone considering graduate studies in the field. It’s also entertaining and well written enough for those of you who are not considering that route. In [...] Editors, sometimes not the brightest of folks it seems… For more like this go HERE Share on Facebook Here’s a fun bit of news from the Centers for Disease Control: According to new data released by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 19.7 million new venereal infections in the United States in 2008, bringing the total number of existing sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the U.S. at that time [...] This awesomely bad Photoshop is from a Tumblr called called Undergraduate History Illustrated described as: Badly Photoshopped illustrations of actual quotations from undergraduate essays in Western Civ survey courses. Go here to see the whole lineup… Share on Facebook He’s Nick Searcy, but you already knew that. Nick Searcy is a guest on “Red Eye” tonight (or early tomorrow morning, depending on your perspective). Set your DVR or VCR or, if you don’t have either, down a pot of coffee and watch it live! Share on Facebook March Madness is upon us and in Wanks’ down time this weekend’s Five will be some of our favorite college sports moments. I’d say 5 NCAA basketball moments, but I don’t think I can muster 5 of those so we’ll broaden the topic to all of college athletics… In no particular… 1. My [...] Polar Bear Face Palm Go here and read this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2294560/The-great-green-1-The-hard-proof-finally-shows-global-warming-forecasts-costing-billions-WRONG-along.html “The graph confirms there has been no statistically significant increase in the world’s average temperature since January 1997.” Some Brits seem to be getting a little irritated on the billions of pounds wasted on this malarkey, and, the article doesn’t address this, but [...] He now lives in Sarasota, Florida from where he is suing a Detroit, MI area university for kicking him out of an English class (and school)for writing an essay entitled “Hot for Teacher.” A man suspended from a Detroit-area university after writing about his attraction to teachers in a class journal sued the school [...] A few years ago I taught a graduate English seminar called “Law and Literature”. These are three of the works we read that semester. We also read The Merchant of Venice, Billy Budd, and we watched Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory. Share on [...] Or maybe not… my headline is this: Michelle Obama Starves Children — the Daily Caller is just a bit more charitable: A very courageous fifth teacher in the Chicago Public Schools has written a scathing critique of the almost comical misery she and her students endured when they participated in a massive February 28 [...] Eh, I’m with Ace. I can’t bear to listen. So I rely on others to do it for me: David Burge @iowahawkblog If this was a high school assembly, I’d already be sitting in detention for making arm-crook fart noises. #SOTU Or maybe not. Bring along the best reactions to the evening. Or, if you actually sat [...] A colleague of mine is teaching a graduate seminar called the Psychopathic Mind and every year he asks me to give a talk on the insanity defense. Today is that day so in an hour so I will be talking crazy murder! Here are a few of the slides… I don’t lean too heavy on [...] Now I’m all for academic freedom… indeed I rely on it and have been fortunate that all of my employers have taken it seriously. But there comes a time — a rare time — when ideas are so stupid or beyond the bounds of reason that I might countenance a professor being fired for [...] Schoolhouse Rock, in my book still the best TV series ever. Damn shame ABC’s spine shrunk as the 1970s drifted into the rearview. For Threedonia’s homeschool families, do you possibly show them to your kids? Share on Facebook |
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