"The hookah is 3,500 years old, it's part of culture, it's part of religion, and everyone loves it."

Here 's a NYT article on the college tobacco hookah-smoking trend. And here's the part about UW: Near the University of Wisconsin...

"I don't want a 'competent' lawyer. I want a lawyer to get me off. I want a lawyer to invent the Twinkie defense. I want to win."

Said Justice Scalia yesterday, in a case about whether a criminal defendant has an absolute right to the lawyer of his choice. The governme...

"American Idol" -- the final 7 sing old standards.

Rod Stewart is here tonight to lead the kids into "the great American songbook." "I've always loved these songs. I was br...

"I thought that would be good. Very nutritious."

Said Tom Cruise, about his baby's placenta. (Is the placenta the baby's or the mother's? And which way troubles you more?) It s...

"American Idol" is really "Southern Idol"... but why?

Some analysis from WaPo writer Neely Tucker. It's not that southerners watch the show more and vote more and vote for their own, Tucker...

Writing about blogging and blogging about writing about blogging...

I see from this Prawfsblog post by Paul Horwitz that Orin Kerr has posted his paper for the Harvard Bloggership conference . The conference...

I'm glad to see that Robin Givhan won a Pulitzer Prize.

Here 's the report in her newspaper, The Washington Post. The category is Criticism. Criticize all you want, but she's my favorite b...