I’ve blogged before about the New York Times’ coverage of Israel, so I thought I’d point out a piece in the Columbia Journalism Review by former Times reporter Neil Lewis on that precise topic. Unfortunately, it’s trite, largely repeating what any fair-minded observer already knows: first, that the Times is not hostile to Israel, per […]
Author Archive | David Bernstein
Advantage: Volokh Conspiracy
Timothy Geithner, December 2006, Federal Reserve Meeting: “Our recent financial-market data don’t, in my view, provide a convincing case for a substantial increase in the probability of a much weaker path for growth going forward.” David Bernstein, February 2007, Volokh Conspiracy, “America, Meet Mr. Recession?”: Meanwhile, up to 25% of last year’s loans would not […]
“Israel-Firster”
There has been a controversy brewing over allegations that several bloggers at the liberal Center for American Progress have used anti-Semitic rhetoric when criticizing Israel and its American Supporters. Critics have particularly focused on these bloggers’ use of the term “Israel-firster.” I haven’t paid all that much attention to the controversy, but today I came […]
Separated at Birth?
Yeye, Kai-Lan’s grandfather, and the late Milton Friedman.
Congratulations!
Congratulations to my former GMUSL student and George Mason alum Josh Blackman, who will be a tenure-track lawprof at South Texas Law School starting this Fall. Congratulations also to Brian Frye, who was my research assistant when I visited at Georgetown Law Center in 2003. Brian will be starting a tenure-track gig at University of […]
A Larry Ribstein Story
I was out of the country and computer-less when my former colleague Larry Ribstein died in late December, so I didn’t have the chance to add to the many fine tributes to Larry that various bloggers contributed. But I did want to add one thought. When I think of Larry, I think of how everyone […]
Claremont Review of Books Discussion of Lochner
Two issues ago, the Claremont Review of Books published Richard Epstein’s review of my book, Rehabilitating Lochner. In the next issue, two conservative readers criticized Epstein’s review for endorsing Lochner. Claremont asked Epstein and me to respond. Claremont has now posted the letters to the editor and the responses here. My response focuses not on […]
Berkeley’s Malcolm Feeley Reviews Rehabilitating Lochner
Berkeley Law School professor Malcolm M. Feeley has a brief review of Rehabilitating Lochner in the January issue of Choice, which publishes reviews for its primary audience of academic librarians. The review is behind a paywall, but it concludes, “This is a delightful and informative book that deserves a broad audience of scholars and laypeople […]
Rick Santorum, Big Government Conservative
An old but very relevant commentary by Jonathan Rauch: In his book he comments, seemingly with a shrug, “Some will reject what I have to say as a kind of ‘Big Government’ conservatism.” They sure will. A list of the government interventions that Santorum endorses includes national service, promotion of prison ministries, “individual development accounts,” […]
Glenn Greenwald on Campaign Season Partisanship
As long-time readers know, I’m not a fan of Glenn Greenwald, but his broad attack (below) on placing partisanship above all other concerns during campaign season–motivated by his desire to praise Ron Paul on various issues on which he thinks Obama has been terrible, including some issues on which Greenwald and I agree, such as […]
Former Confidant Eric Dondero on Ron Paul
Here’s an interesting blog post by Dondero, that takes Paul to task over his “simply outrageously horrendous views on foreign policy, Israel, and national security for the United States.” I thought the most interesting revelation was Paul’s argument that the U.S. shouldn’t have gotten involved in World War II because “saving the Jews” was none […]
Purdy Responds
Jed Purdy has posted an interesting (and extremely polite) response to my critique of his article on the Roberts Court and Lochner here.
New Review of Rehabilitating Lochner
In the Independent Review, by attorney Jacob Huebert. The review concludes: Rehabilitating Lochner does what it sets out to do very well. It places Lochner in its historical context, telling us where it came from, what it actually did, who attacked it, and what those people believed. Though published by an academic press, the book […]
Jedediah Purdy on the Roberts Court’s Revival of “Lochner”
Several readers forwarded to me a link to a recent article in Democracy by Professor Jedediah Purdy, with requests to comment on it. The basic thrust of the piece is to argue that the Roberts Court has become “the judicial voice of the idea that nearly everything works best on market logic, that economic models […]
Israel as a Litmus Test for Conservatives
It’s fascinating to witness the extent to which strong support for Israel has become a litmus test for conservative voters. For much of Israel’s existence, “the right,” broadly speaking, was hostile to Israel. Foreign policy wonks saw Israel as a barrier to friendly relations with needed Arab allies, traditional Midwestern conservative isolationism cautioned against entangling […]