Ken noticed the old open thread closed. I’m quiet lately. But here is a new open thread.

I. Basic Conclusion The Supreme Court in a couple of decisions, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co v. Campbell (2003) http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/01-1289.ZS.html and BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore (1996) http://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/517/559, has held, basically, that punitive damages, as circumscribed by Due Process,...

My nephew/godson wrote me. He is a freshman in college studying math, but is considering transferring to a different university. He wants recommendations on Schools with good pure math programs. In cold climates. I’m sitting looking out at the crunchy snow here in the Chicago areas and can only think, “You want cold?” But I guess when you live in California,...

Some of you will enjoy this interesting tidbit. Jose Duarte reports that a 35,757-year-old participated in the survey underlying the results reported in “Lewandowsky, Oberaurer and Gignac authored “The Role of Conspiracist Ideation and Worldviews in Predicting Rejection of Science”. I realize many don’t wish to be ageist and suggest the opinions of...

I. Preliminaries I have listened to the tape of the oral argument of the Mann defamation suit three times. I am not generally familiar with the personnel of the DC Court of Appeals. Obviously, it is very useful to know the backgrounds and predilections of a court when evaluating a case. However, I believe that I am much more knowledgeable than the...

So many people were mentioning ATTP in comments, I thought I’d pop over and have a look. I ended up reading “Things I thought were obvious!”. I found much to agree with, some things I disagree with and thought I would build on that post, quoting and then commenting. The destruction of ecosystems and the extinction of species is something we should be...