Vegans vs. Vegetarians: What kind of diet is best for the environment?
Slate has an article recapping the environmental consequences of meat eating, vegetarianism and veganism. The article rightly explains the complexities of doing proper environmental cost accounting of our food choices, which must include both the manufacturing consequences but also the…
UC System to Lose State Funding?
According to this Mercury News article, state Treasurer Lockyer is floating a discussion proposal of eliminating state funding for the UC system. I don’t think anyone expects that to happen, but as the article points out (and as I previously…
Blogroll Purge
Earlier this week, I spent a ridiculous 3 hours perusing my blogroll accumulation from a single day of being offline. Too much! Today, the great blogroll purge–I trimmed my blogroll by about 30%, including a number of blogs I had…
Sitcoms with a Vegetarian/Animal Rights Emphasis
Over on Post Punk Kitchen, they are reminiscing about TV shows (especially 80s sitcoms) depicting vegetarianism or animal rights issues.
How to Win a Legal Writing Competition
Law students don’t seem to appreciate how easy it is to win a legal writing competition. Write a good paper on an original topic, and you will stand out from the pack. Instead, most students gang-tackle the exact same topics,…
Using Second Life as a Teaching Tool
The Chronicle of Higher Education ran an article on six professors who are using Second Life as a pedagogical tool. However, the article also contains a sidebar with some caveats about Second Life’s downsides, ranging from technical glitches to bandwidth…
Coverage of Blogging Event at SCU Last Month
Last month I blogged about the AALS/National Law Journal event we hosted at SCU entitled “Blogging, Scholarship and the Bench and Bar.” The National Law Journal published the transcript from the event (National Law Journal, Oct. 8, 2007 at 22)….
Jim Karger Profile–Lawyer Chucks It All After 25 Years of Practice
This lengthy profile of Jim Karger, a former Texas lawyer, is a textbook example of Patrick Schiltz’s predictions. A law graduate realizes on day 1 of his first legal job that he had “made a serious vocational error,” but sticks…
Vegans v. Vegetarians and Matters of the Heart
From Newsweek: Religion and social status have always been deal breakers in relationships. But for those navigating today’s dating pool, the currents may just have gotten rougher….there’s the friction between vegans and vegetarians. It might sound counterintuitive; after all, neither…