Skeptic's Corner (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
And with all the CO2 induced droughts coming, the question is: will we die of thirst due to alternative energy sources before we fry from global warming? What a dilemma. FROM- NY TIMES Alternative Energy Projects Stumble on a Need for Water AMARGOSA VALLEY, Nev. — In a rural corner of Nevada reeling from the recession, a bit of salvation seemed to arrive last year. A German developer, Solar Millennium,...
12 Degrees of Freedom (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Solar thermal technology use large mirrors to focus the suns rays to create steam that drives generators to produce electricity. They make the most economical sense when built at utility (megawatt) scale. A number of projects are on the drawing board for construction in the deserts of the U.S. southwest. Because these facilities achieve very high temperatures, they must be cooled. And therein lies...
Wolf Howling (Free subscription) | 06/19/2009
Wherever standing armies are kept up, and the right of the people to keep and bear arms is, under any colour or pretext whatsoever, prohibited, liberty, if not already annihilated, is on the brink of destruction. Sir George Tucker, Blackstone’s Commentaries, 1803 One can hardly argue with the centuries old observation of Sir George Tucker set down in the first American edition of Blackstone's...
Concurring Opinions (Free subscription) | 03/23/2009
Recently, the Colloquy has started a dialogue on St. George Tucker. Professor Cornell disputes Hardy's characterization of St. George Tucker. Hardy, as you'll remember from his previous colloquy piece, criticized Justice Stevens' mention of St. George's work in DC...
Snowflakes in Hell (Free subscription) | 03/16/2009
As Dave Hardy mentioned over on his blog, Saul Cornell published a law review in response to Dave’s earlier review article on the lecture notes of St. George Tucker. I’m not sure what’s more amusing, the degree Cornell is willing to go to ignore or downplay Tucker’s blatant reference to self-defense in regard to the [...]
Of Arms and the Law (Free subscription) | 03/15/2009
A few months ago, Northwestern Univ. Law Review Colloquy published my paper on the lecture notes of St. George Tucker. One of the points I made was that the Stevens' dissent in Heller had picked up on an article by...
RealChoice (Free subscription) | 12/27/2008
Arnetta Hardaway was 18 years old when she had a safe, legal mid-trimester abortion performed by Dr. George Tucker in Atlanta on December 23, 1985 . Arnetta continued to bleed, and developed infection, after her abortion. On December 27, she died from her complications. In deference to SoMG, who can't abide when I simply let my readers draw their own conclusions: I really doubt that Arnetta's sitting...
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | 12/23/2008
At The Volokh Conspiracy , David Kopel highlights an important new article on St. George Tucker that has particular relevance to the debate over D.C. v. Heller and the original meaning of the Second Amendment: St. George Tucker is perhaps the preeminent source of the original public meaning of the Constitution. His 5-volume American edition of Blackstone's Commentaries was the by far the leading legal...
Instapundit.com (Free subscription) | 12/23/2008
SOME INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS on St. George Tucker, Saul Cornell, and Justice Stevens.
Snowflakes in Hell (Free subscription) | 12/22/2008
Dave Hardy takes the Stevens dissent in Heller to task in a Northwestern University Law Review. A nice Christmas present to the gun community. Discrediting the Heller dissent will be important going forward.
Of Arms and the Law (Free subscription) | 12/22/2008
"The Lecture Notes of St. George Tucker: A Framing Era View of the Bill of Rights," 103 Northwestern U. L Rev. Colloquy 272 (2008). The pdf version is here and the html version here. At 277 I get into Tucker's...
Sibby Online (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
As South Dakota Board of Regents recommend banning guns on postsecondary campuses, Judge Roy Moore explains how wrong that would be: The right to keep and bear arms was considered by our Founding Fathers to be one of the most...
RealChoice (Free subscription) | 12/27/2007
Arnetta Hardaway was 18 years old when she had a mid-trimester abortion performed by Dr. George Tucker in Atlanta on December 23, 1985. Arnetta continued to bleed, and developed infection, after her abortion. On December 27, she died from her complications. Tucker had an active medical board order on his license as of January 4, 2002. The Georgia medical board web site does not reveal the details...
Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 09/21/2007
Man, 21, was shot to death one year ago in Lauderhill Bertha Boozer hasn't cried in the year since her son was slain.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 09/19/2007
As dawn was breaking over Cheltenham Avenue in West Oak Lane this morning, dozens of concerned citizens were waiting to board buses to join tomorrow's massive civil-rights demonstation in little Jena, La.
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