Author Archive | Jonathan H. Adler

I am thrilled to announce the arrival of Madeline Joyce Rorick Adler, who was delivered yesterday morning at 7:54am, weighing 5 lbs. 14.8 oz. It was a bumpy ride, but I am happy to report that mother and baby are now doing quite well and will come home this week. I expect Madeline will join […]

As Orin notes below, the Supreme Court’s 2007-08 term begins today. I wrote a preview of the term for NRO. I expect it to be an interesting and important term. Ben Wittes, for one, is not looking forward to it. UPDATE: Glenn Reynolds has a more in-depth look at the coming term here.

Nothing profound this week, nor anything particularly classic — just something current and fun. Nickelback‘s “Rockstar” seems to capture our culture’s fascination and obsession with celebrity lifestyles, the glamour, the debauchery, and the emptiness. Here’s a taste. I’m through with standing in line to clubs we’ll never get in It’s like the bottom of the […]

It’s been a while since I’ve posted a Sunday Song Lyric Index, so here’s an index of recent postings. Sept. 23 – Herman Hupfeld, As Time Goes By Sept. 16 – Kate Bush, This Woman’s Work Sept. 9 – Holt Marvell, These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) Sept. 2 – Nine Inch Nails, Hurt […]

Renewable energy sources offer many potential environmental benefits, including the reduction of air pollution, carbon emissions, and other consequences of energy extraction and production. To date, however, many renewable energy sources have had difficulty breaking into energy production markets. Despite decades of federal subsidies and other support, it often remains difficult to offer renewable energy […]

On October 9, the Supreme Court is will hear what is likely the most important securities law case in years: Stoneridge Investment Partners v. Scientific Atlanta. In this case, the Court will consider whether primary liability under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act extends to third-parties, such as auditors, attorneys, or vendors, who engage […]

In early 2008, Premise films will release Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, a documentary film featuring Ben Stein arguing that those who believe in “Intelligent Design” face persecution in the academy and scientific institutions. For the movie, the producers arranged interviews with prominent scientists who point out that ID is not a scientific theory or who […]

It is still “Energy Week” on NRO. Among today’s articles is this piece by my former colleague Andrew Morriss on the regulatory sclerosis afflicting energy markets. His bottom line: On the rare occasions when energy markets have been allowed to work relatively unimpeded by political efforts to serve special interests, market forces and private enterprise […]

In 2005 the Supreme court invalidated Michigan and New York state laws limiting direct-to-consumer sales by out-of-state wineries. In some states it appears that the benefits for oenophiles may be short lived. Here in Ohio, for example, the state legislature has just adopted a new law that will, once again, effectively prohibit direct-to-consumer sales by […]

In another NRO “energy week” article, the Cato Institute’s Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren take aim at the GOP Presidential field’s approach to energy policy. We’ve been hearing a lot about Ronald Reagan from the Republican presidential field of late, but there is little trace of him in the position papers issued by the […]

Fifty years ago today, federal troops escorted nine black students, through an angry mob, into little Rock’s Central High School. Shelby Steele looks back: On this 50th anniversary of Eisenhower’s troop deployment, the significance of the Little Rock crisis–its place in history–is much clearer. I believe it was the beginning of a profoundly different America. […]

Despite levee failures and bridge collapses, Congress continues to divert public works spending to pork barrel projects. The latest example is the $23 billion water resources bill passed overwhelmingly by the Senate yesterday. Senate leaders on both sides of the aisle praise the measure. Senator Feingold was one of the few to call a pig […]

This week’s Blawg Review is up at Deliberations, a blog on jury-related issues.

It is “energy week” at NRO. My first contribution to this series of articles on energy policy is this article arguing that government-sponsored prizes for energy innovation would be more effective than traditional subsidies at encouraging the development of low-carbon-emission energy technologies. Direct government subsidies are a particularly poor way to encourage innovation. Perhaps it […]

Bob Bauer has some interesting thoughts on the legal aspects of the NYT‘s acknowledgment that MoveOn.Org was not charged the proper rate for its “General Betray-Us” ad at the More Soft Money Hard Law blog. The campaign finance laws that the Times has so righteously championed have, by its own admission, trapped the paper in […]