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Friday Night!
* Biocapital vs. cultural capital: Proceeds from The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks are going to a foundation dedicated to helping Lacks’ family, which has received none of the biotechnology profits...
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A Political Objection in Legal Garb
Laurence Tribe takes “Is Health Care Reform Constitutional?” for a ride. But the predictions of a partisan 5-4 split rest on a misunderstanding of the court and the Constitution. The constitutionality...
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A Battle between the Text and History of the Constitution and Political...
Scott Lemieux plays “Is Health Care Reform Constitutional?” The “activity/inactivity” distinction is less a serious argument than an ad hoc, outcome-oriented attempt to strike down one particular law...
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Is Health Care Reform Constitutional, Part One Billion
I’m away for the weekend, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t note that the 11th Circuit just played a round of “Is Health Care Reform Constitutional?” The answer may surprise you! Some quick takes on why...
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64% Expected, 18% Unexpected, 18% Astounding
Simon Lazarus and Dahlia Lithwick game out the Supremes vs. the Affordable Care Act. And Scott Lemieux says it doesn’t matter what they should do; it’s what they might do that should worry you. A bit...
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Wednesday Night!
* Duke Lit is now advertising for a one-year postdoc in Marxist theory. * Jim Henson, 1969: How to Make a Muppet. Also on Muppetwatch: A 1979 profile of Henson in anticipation of The Muppet Movie. *...
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Arc of History Watch
Here, too, this Court finds that Congress cannot, like an ostrich, merely bury its head in the sand and wait for danger to pass, especially at the risk of permitting continued constitutional injury...
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Tuesday Night
* Following up on today’s diappointing Supreme Court news: Obamacare’s Supreme Court Disaster. Well, That Could Have Gone Better. Brian Beutler says it wasn’t as bad as it looked. So does Ian...
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Links from the Week
* I definitely picked the wrong week to stay off the Internet: SCOTUS plays the best and biggest game of “Is Health Care Reform Constitutional” of all time. It is! “The decision was 4-1-4.” Why Did...
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Friday Night
* Higher Ed as Cheesecake Factory. Reply from Beatrice Marovich. Reply from Ian Bogost. * The five year metric is, like so much in education today, an accounting reform posing as educational reform. *...
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Tuesday Night!
* In the 1960s, while the United States and the Soviet Union were playing out their battle of who would make it to the moon first and so dominate the galactic skies, a former high school teacher in...
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Trapped Inside of LAX with the MKE Blues Again
* A great Storify from the great @moyabz of the great Octavia Butler conference at the Huntington this weekend. By universal acclamation, one of the best-loved moments. Check out the exhibit of her...
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Monday Links!
* Academic freedom in Wisconsin. * This is silly, but I confess I found it an interesting wrinkle: Wonder Woman Actor Says Chief Is Actually a Demi-God. * People shouldn’t live in Arizona. *...
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I May Have Committed A Little Light Treason Links
* thisisfine.jpg: An iceberg the size of Delaware has broken off Antarctica. My kids are three and five. Just 90. And you’re a little late. * Blogger completely debunks claim Amelia Earhart was a...
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* Great piece at n+1 on the late Daniel Quinn. I think this persuaded me to teach Ishmael this fall; I’ve been thinking about doing it for years and the time seems right. I really loved the book when I...
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Saturday Morning Post-SFRA Links! All! Tabs! Closed!
* SFRA is over, but ICFA season has only just begun! The theme for ICFA 2019 is “Politics and Conflicts” and the special guests are Mark Bould and G. Willow Wilson. * And keep saving your pennies for...
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