"Right for the wrong reasons ... wrong for the right reasons."

The new "South Park" had an excellent presentation of [SPOILER ALERT!] issues from the Terri Schiavo case. The episode, "Best...

Doughnuts and movies.

Why are we all gathered here this morning -- in the lovely Lubar Faculty Library at the University of Wisconsin Law School? Well, for one th...

God is up to His "mysterious ways" again.

In Austin, Texas, a vanity license plate reading "PS 105" makes RLC think he's found someone who went to his old school -- PS...

Difficult childbirth story of the day.

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"When was the last time some Democrat from another part of the country went into Greenville, Alabama, and just said, 'What's the deal here?'"

Russ Feingold goes to Alabama, as reported in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Is he running for President? A more interesting question, per...

Is this sex discrimination?

A NY appellate court rejected a claim of sex discrimination against a landlord who refused to renew the lease of an AIDS education group be...

Strange weather, Part 2.

Strange weather. Originally uploaded by Ann Althouse . Look at the photograph in the previous post, and look at this. Both pictures...

Strange weather.

Strange weather. Originally uploaded by Ann Althouse . This afternoon the tornado sirens went off, and I sat in my big room next to...

Student protest, circa 2005.

Student protest, circa 2005 Originally uploaded by Ann Althouse . Here's another chalk-on-the-sidewalk student protest that ask...

The life of a law professor.

Here's the view from my table this morning at Espresso Royale. I was reading National League of Cities v. Usery for the hundredth time a...

The first tornado warning of the year.

Do I run down into the basement when the tornado siren goes off, as it's doing right now? No. But I do stay close to the basement door. ...

Don't fall for this blog scam! I did!

So you have a blog, and you have a Site Meter. And you check the "Referrals" page, and you see the name of a blog you don't kn...

Don't speak ill of the dead?

Actually, the law prefers it.

Ideas first, charisma last.

On the NYT op-ed page, Former Senator Bill Bradley tries to figure out what the Democratic Party can do to rebuild itself. He bases his ide...

The fight over domestic partner benefits.

The Wisconsin State Journal reports : Two key lawmakers said Tuesday they would recommend removing a provision of Gov. Jim Doyle's propo...

Must bicyclists obey traffic laws?

The Badger Herald reports that the UW Police are going to make some new efforts to enforce traffic laws against bicycle and moped riders. E...

"But I also know if I can get music without buying it, I'm going to do so."

So said Justice Souter -- of all people -- in the oral argument in the Grokster case today. Doesn't look too good for the music industr...

Building electronic circuits out of bacteria.

From Wisconsin Public Radio ( audio ): A team of scientists at UW-Madison have found a new use of bacteria to build tiny electronic circuits...

"American Idol" -- It Came From the Nineties.

The theme tonight is the nineties. I'm thinking of all the great Alternative Rock songs early in the decade, but no... that's not ho...

I imagined it.

Howard Kurtz reports : College faculties, long assumed to be a liberal bastion, lean further to the left than even the most conspiratorial c...

"Drawn into a vortex of irrationality and nastiness that generates its own energy."

Christopher Hitchens regrets starting to talk about the Schiavo case, but, having started, he goes on to say a lot more . It's harsh, bu...

How are things in Latvia?

Check out this new blog , written by an American. As his first post shows, he emailed me something about my blog, and I encouraged him.

Jurors consulting the Bible.

The NYT reports on a Colorado state court opinion that threw out a death sentence because the jurors consulted a Bible. Now, clearly, juror...

The secret to being Amazon's #1 reviewer.

Read four (or five) books a day and only give positive reviews -- that's the message from this WSJ interview with Harriet Klausner. It ...

Waiting for grilled cheese.

Marigold Café Originally uploaded by Ann Althouse . So here I am at the Marigold Café, with my casebook open to the habeas corpus c...

Teaching the Schiavo case.

I wonder if lawprofs are going to teach the Schiavo case in their classes, at least this semester, when the issue is very present in everyon...

The "impishly fun" President.

Elisabeth Bumiller writes about how much President Bush seems to enjoy press conferences these days. At a news conference last week, Mr. Bu...

Easter on State Street.

I took a yellow pad and a book I need to write about down to a café on State Street. I also brought the NYT crossword puzzle and some admiss...

Arguing with your ex, in the comments.

I think I'll resist. UPDATE: Readers, banish all sentimental thoughts! R and I broke up nearly twenty years ago.

"Jeopardy!" in Madison.

"Jeopardy!" is coming to Madison, looking for contestants, on April 20th and 21st. Submit your application here .

Easter and the end of Spring Break.

It's Easter and barely 30 degrees here in Madison, but it's sunny, the birds are singing in a springtime style, and, supposedly, it...

"They all got their piece of Terri Schiavo."

Carl Hiaasen has some harsh words about the Schiavo controversy: That the Congress basically climbed into Terri Schiavo's private death...

Easter candy controversy.

The Russell Stover candy company is taking some heat for producing a chocolate cross as an Easter candy. "Obviously they've seen t...

Schiavo politics, judicial politics.

I notice we're not talking about Social Security anymore. It was too tedious to talk about -- too tedious to think about. But everyone c...

Is "American Idol" hurting Broadway?

The NYT's Ben Brantley bemoans the effect of "American Idol" on Broadway singing: The tentacles of the "American Idol...

Did I "join the caucus"?

Hugh Hewitt writes this about me: Ann Althouse joins the caucus of those agreeing with the view that Congress either did not intend to ke...

Zoom Quilt!

It's mesmerizing! (Via Drawn !) Yow! It's still reeling through my head...

Badger victory.

Congratulations to the UW men's basketball team, whose win tonight puts them in the final eight of the NCAA tournament. There are many ...

Why aren't Republicans and Democrats consistently compassionate?

What exactly did Ralph Nader say about the Schiavo case on "Crossfire" the other day? People keep emailing me about it. So, let...

"Many Advertisers Find Blogging Frontier Is Still Too Wild."

That's the Wall Street Journal's headline . (Via Memeorandum .) [M]any companies are wary of putting their brand on such a new and u...

"The Office" -- American style.

I read some reviews of the new American version of "The Office," and they all seemed tortured by the very idea of replacing the Br...

"They used to have a couple of whorehouses in town -- are they going to bring those back?"

So said a man old enough to remember speakeasies in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where there is a referendum about ending a 110-year-old ban on ser...

"Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose."

Maureen Dowd quotes Nietzsche . The topic is, naturally, the Schiavo case. But is morality really working as a device for manipulating the e...

Is it possible to explain the Schiavo statute on television?

I watched a number of the cable TV news analysis shows last night (and in the last few days), and I am appalled at the failure even to raise...

"American Idol" -- goodbye to Mikalah.

With the results on Thursday, I'm deprived of the TiVo, because Chris insists on TiVo-ing "The Apprentice" -- a show I can...

Disaster city.

The BBC tells the story of Texas City, where a huge explosion killed fifteen persons yesterday. My parents survived the great 1947 explosi...

Madison politics: "I love my bubble."

Local politics, Madison-style : Austin King says he has accomplished a lot in his two years on the Madison City Council. But he boils the ra...

"I am broke, but I hide it well."

That's how Ozzy Osbourne responded to Jon Stewart (on "The Daily Show"), who said he expected to find him "broke" (i...

Soothing music.

Recently, I collected suggestions for music to help you read and study . Over at About Last Night, they're collecting suggestions for mu...

Disorderly acting.

A woman looked out the window the Madison Public Library, thought she saw an armed assault taking place on the top level of the Overture par...

"100 Years of Illustration."

Here is a beautiful weblog dedicated to the art of illustration.

"I don’t want to live like a dead soul. So these days I am blogging..."

Blogging in Nepal : Journalists in Nepal are going hi-tech to sidestep tight censorship imposed after last month’s royal coup.... “I feel th...

Coney Island.

Nina has a lot of nice photos from Coney Island, along with a description of a spitball-plagued subway ride there. Keep scrolling for more ...

Café photos.

This morning, I sat down with my book at a table in the front window of L'Etoile Café. A nice croissant: A cup of coffee: A woman readin...