45 pages? Couldn't they have finished with just a second sentence?

Something along the lines of "Need we say more?" "The principal question presented by this appeal is whether a special condit...

Cafés and deadlines.

The air conditioning in my favorite café is broken, so I've had to set up in my fallback café, where I usually sit in the front. But the...

Gen-Xers for hypocrisy.

Andrew Sullivan writes: Dan [Savage] and I agreed that moderate hypocrisy - especially in marriages - is often the best policy. Momogamy [si...

"The best thing about naming your kid Shiloh?"

Kim Cosmopolitan muses about the first name of the new Jolie-Pitt entity ... and links to this article that wonders whether the French are...

"Unless she has lesbian superpowers ... it really doesn't change her character..."

Are you yawning over the news that Batwoman is a lesbian?

Speculating about why Luttig left the bench.

Is it okay to speculate? This ABA Journal article is full of speculation, including the ample portion I dished up.

"It just tells you how selfish he is. He comes on, not a word - 'I'm not gonna sing with anybody else, I'm not gonna say goodbye.'..."

"Thank you for your generosity, Prince." Says Simon Cowell. Because Prince appeared on the "American Idol" finale, but ...

"When public employees make statements pursuant to their official duties, the employees are not speaking as citizens for First Amendment purposes..."

"...and the Constitution does not insulate their communications from employer discipline," writes Justice Kennedy in Garcetti v. C...

Childbearing compensation.

Here 's a Slate piece about offering women money to have another child -- which is the approach to the problem of the declining birthrat...

"We're just gonna bury them so deep, you know?"

Says Lenny, the Russian, expressing crazy confidence in the team Lee chose for the final task on "The Apprentice." Meanwhile, Sean...

Nerds and rich people.

It's what you need to make the next Silicon Valley. How do you get nerds and rich people in the same place? When do rich people want t...

Chewing gum elephant puppet.

It's creepy... and chewy. Thanks Dan Goodsell , whose cool blog I found via Metafilter .

The food police.

Are they only making kids fatter?

Liebermanhandling Hillary.

The Daily News reports: Some Manhattan Democratic clubs are launching a backlash against Sen. Hillary Clinton amid some of her recent shifts...

At the Veterans Museum.

In Madison, Wisconsin. Counterpoint, a shop window;

Partisan squabbling "affects our warriors, who are frustrated by the country's lack of cohesion and the depiction of their war."

Writes Owen West , founder of Vets for Freedom, in a NYT op-ed: Both Republicans and Democrats agree we cannot lose Iraq. The general insurg...

"Well, well. Here we are. You have exactly eight hours and fifty-four minutes to think about why you're here...."

...You may not talk, you will not move from these seats. Any questions? Yeah. Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe? You think ...

"What if the gum had been given to a student with a heart condition?"

Says the principal , justifying suspending the student who shared Jolt gum -- caffeinated gum -- with a fellow student. Hey, wait... on tha...

"Is marriage truly and inevitably a scourge for male and female scientists?"

Satoshi Kanazawa's study should daunt marriage enthusiasts. (Via A&L Daily .) "The productivity of male scientists tends to dr...

Audible Althouse #51.

A fresh, new podcast . Stream it here . Subscribe: I talk about comics, especially Popeye: There's some stuff about the "Masters o...

Is "Won't Get Fooled Again" conservative?

Pete Townshend responds to the selection of "Won't Get Fooled Again" as the number 1 conservative rock song. The song was mea...

Althouse studying for her last law school exam.

My son John puts a lot of effort into scanning old family photographs, which he uploads to Flickr. Here's one of me, studying for my las...

Michael Ochs and Phil Ochs.

Here 's an article about The Michael Ochs Archives of rock and roll photographs, with not enough photos at the link. (There's a nice...

"There is a market segment we call the 'man cook with fire' types.'"

For him:

NYT gaffe of the day: "François Truffaut's 'Breathless.'"

From a pretty interesting article about copyright and the fair use of film clips in documentaries. ADDED: And I can just hear some fact che...

Killed for wearing shorts.

"An Iraqi tennis coach and two of his players were killed because they were wearing shorts , apparently in violation of a warning by Is...

"We're emenies on account of we both loves Olive Oyl."

Said Popeye, wondering why Curly wanted him to come over, in an old E.C. Segar comic I was reading today at the Milwaukee Art Museum, which ...

"The very serious questions about the scope and legality of the N.S.A. domestic surveillance programs that he helped design, implement and defend..."

Senator Kennedy gave his reason for voting against General Hayden to head the CIA. But Kennedy was one of only 15 Senators who voted no. It...

"Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir, so that every mouth can be fed. Poor me, the Israelite."

Goodbye to Desmond Dekker. The ska legend's biggest hit was "The Israelites." In 1969: The Jamaican rhythm of ska had already...

The heart surgeon gives his own blood.

Eight hours into surgery, with the blood running out -- a rare blood type -- the surgeon gives his own blood. "The patient was malnutr...

When your child accidentally kills another child.

An 8-year-old boy in NYC caused the death of an 8 year-old girl. He got into an unattended school bus and released the parking brake. As a...

The ceramicist uses human ashes.

Ash, such as tree ash, is a normal ingredient in the glaze. Why not use human ashes? Have you ever had some ashes -- were you gauche enough...

Bob Dylan, the old geezer DJ.

Have you been listening to "Theme Time Radio With Bob Dylan"? I have. I dash out to my car and go for an hour-long drive every Wed...

It's the weekend.

A big holiday weekend. Are you going to be reading any blogs or are you going to be out behaving in the appointed outdoorsy fashion, acknowl...

Gunfire in the Capitol Office Building.

CNN reports. UPDATE: Apparently, it was jackhammers .

When the rugged individualist goes where only rugged individualists go...

He's got a problem when he needs help. The only people around are the kind of people who would be in a place like that.

What's that?

I go out to pick up the newspaper and I'm all... What?! Did somebody come into my yard last night just to throw up in my garden? Oh, it...

"The 50 greatest conservative rock songs."

John J. Miller at the National Review has a list . I was surprised to see "Gloria" at number six, and I was starting to think over...

Art Spiegelman on the Muhammad -- and other -- cartoons.

I want to write something about Art Spiegelman's piece in the June issue Harper's Magazine, and it's frustrating not to be able ...

"Interns? No Bloggers Need Apply."

That's not a very good headline for this NYT article . The article is not about the complete rejection of blogging interns, but about ho...

Eat chocolate.

It makes you smart , so you're smart to eat it.

"The governor thinks that abstinence should be an important part of the message that kids hear from adults as part of their classes."

The governor is up for reelection. IN THE COMMENTS: Why so many comments? There's a lot of discussion of abstinence education, and I...

"At 1 year old, he was putting his own DVDs in, skipping scenes."

Your child is a genius. Be sure to tell everyone. I'm sure they won't take your statements the wrong way.

Murder defendant tries to strangle his lawyer...

... in court, in front of the judge. Cue the lawyer jokes. In a shameless bid for leniency....

Divorce degrades your daughter's looks.

Studies show . But a bad intact marriage makes her even uglier. Or can we solve the whole problem with the right hormone injections?

"Top Chef" -- there's another finale tonight, kids.

Stephen smartly says he wants to work with Tiffani, while all three of the other eliminees -- Miguel, Leanne, and Dave -- say they want Haro...

Prince...

... on "American Idol." Shut up, already. Damn!

"Americal Idol" -- the results, I mean, really, the results!

It's the big night. It's gonna take two hours. But we will have an end. And it's not like you even have to bother. Because you k...

Is that a sex theme park?!

Now, in London, there's Amora, The Academy of Sex and Relationships . Oh, sex and relationships . Maybe you could imagine the rides at a...

Punk rock and fast cars.

Michele Catalano -- of the defunct blog A Small Victory -- has a new blog. It's all about punk rock and fast cars: Faster Than the World...

The new commercial.

On stage, live , before a play. Yuck! And since the actors are live, you'd feel pressure to applaud them. That's the social convent...

Yikes.

You're right. That is giving me nightmares.

The burden of parenting.

Glenn Reynolds has a Wall Street Journal op-ed on the dwindling incentives to become a parent. He thinks the standards of caring for kids h...

"Life on an appellate court tends to be isolating, and for me, one of the bright spots was always when Ed called."

Said Samuel Alito at the funeral of Judge Edward R. Becker. Alito recalled one incident while he and Becker were hearing cases in the Virgi...

"American Idol" -- The Finale!

It's the big finale tonight kids. Let's let Slate's music critic Jody Rosen set things up: [Katharine] McPhee would seem to be ...

"She insulted George Bush, simulated sex and suspended herself from a giant mirrored crucifix, head adorned with a designer crown of thorns..."

Please, won't somebody please pay attention to Madonna!

"Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy. I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you are no Jack Kennedy."

The greatest comeback in the history of presidential/vice presidential debates. RIP Lloyd Bentsen.

So who won?

My little contest here . (And is it too obvious what got me wondering?)

Lad lit, a summary.

By Michael Kimmel (via A&L Daily ): I may be 30, but I act 15. I am adrift in New York. I'm too clever by half for my own good. I l...

"It's the frequency and not the intensity of positive events in your life that leads to happiness, like comfortable shoes or single malt scotch."

Says psychology professor Daniel Gilbert of Harvard's Social Cognition and Emotion laboratory. (Via A&L Daily .) Although we humans...

"I gave him a personality. He was the equivalent of nonvintage wine, cheap plonk, and now, as a result of being around me, he's become full-bodied."

Said Simon Cowell about Ryan Seacrest -- in this big NYT article about Seacrest. (I like Seacrest. He's the glue that holds "Ameri...

When Hillary runs for President, we'll have to talk endlessly about her relationship with Bill...

So why wait? The NYT throws a big, front-page article at us: [Bill Clinton] has told friends that his No. 1 priority is not to cause her an...

Lorie Byrd joins Wizbang.

After that dustup at Polipundit, that we talked about here .

Oh, I'm still laughing...

About the uniforms Roxanne and Allie cooked up on "The Apprentice." (Or should I say "The Apprentice does Project Runway....

The literati versus the technorati.

At BookExpo America: When John Updike approached the lectern in the Convention Center ballroom Saturday morning, most of his bleary-eyed, co...

"At those times when you are absolutely sure you're right, go find someone who disagrees."

Said Condoleezza Rice to the graduating students at Boston College. Cue the Bush-hatin' jibes. How much protesting was there? About 50...

"An officer is not like a boxing (or hockey) referee, poised to stop a bout only if it becomes too one-sided."

Wrote Chief Justice John Roberts , in an opinion just handed down today: Justices said four Brigham City, Utah, police officers were justifi...

"I've got everything -- a total smorgasbord."

That's Hillary Clinton , talking not about her politics but her iPod. You're not tired yet of news stories of what politicians have ...