When Bart Starr and his Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in the first “Super Bowl” 1967, the entire world rolled its eyes. Only Yanks could cook something like this up. Super-this, super-that, Americans thought of ourselves–but for good reasons. In January of 1967, the U.S. was well into the second decade of a post World War II prosperity the world would envy and whenever possible mimic. We had created a “military-industrial” complex no one could match. Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy were still alive–John Kennedy’s killing was still an anomalous never-again rip in the fabric of our goodness and innocence–and Texan’s Texan Lyndon Johnson, the most grandiose American dude ever, was our president. We had a bad guy foil–Russia–and the worst thing you could say about Americans was that we were tasteless, poorly-cultured, rude, and built our houses and shopping malls so everything would look the same. Well, screw ’em, we thought, as we ate TV dinners by the pool and inhaled third-rate beer, coffee and tea mediator….blah…blah… — Agreements that stick
Bench Conference — Goodbye to All That
This Blawg Review is a little long. A lot of smart people forwarded us posts. Nearly all of the posts were good. And nearly all of my co-writers are at this point ripped on Jameson’s Irish Whiskey or Bass Ale. Bear with us.
a href=”http://www.rushonbusiness.com/”>Rush on Business — Prospective Franchisees: Help us, Help You
Cybersquatting Lawyers — ICANN Unanimously Votes to Change Policy To End Domain Tasting
The Legal Scoop — Cat’s Paw Liability
Simple Justice — Predator By Association (Updated)
Discourse.net — Yesterday’s News Tomorrow (Literally)
China Law Blog — A China Inheritance Tax
2point6billion — made in India
BabyBarista — Year 2, week 18: Oh
The Greatest American Lawyer — As Bad as Hourly Billing is for Clients, It’s worse for Lawyers
IntLawGrrls — Can Free Trade End War?
Law21 — Articling abolition? A groundbreaking LSUC report
Bloody Relations — Flexibility is a principle too
a href=”http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/”>The Humanaught — Suzhou burr-ied in snow