Author Archive | Todd Zywicki

The WSJ has a devastating op-ed editorial today on Hank Paulson and what now appears to be the forced acquisition by Bank of America of Merrill Lynch. It is a remarkable tale. Here’s the beginning, you have to read the whole thing to believe it: The cavalier use of brute government force has become routine, […]

Not everyone is impressed with the growing politicization of the TARP Congressional Oversight Panel, including Megan McArdle and Thomas F. Cooley. To tell the truth though, I’m not sure that anyone knowledgeable is surprised by what has happened. The panel has been a mess since the very beginning in December 2008 when COP member Congressman […]

Yesterday’s WSJ had a major story on the dust-up going on at Trinity College as the administration there tries to plunder a gift made by Shelby Cullom Davis to establish a chair in the study of free enterprise: In 1981, Trinity President Theodore D. Lockwood wrote to Mr. Davis that the fund, by then $1.6 […]

Dr. Roy Poses has more on the implications of the takeover of higher education boardrooms by investment bankers and TJ Rodgers comments here.

On May 7 here at GMU Law School will be a conference on “

TJ Rodgers has a strong commentary on my booting from Dartmouth’s Board in today’s issue of The Dartmouth, “Hang One, Warn a Thousand“:

The Washington Times has a long editorial today calling for the return of ROTC to Harvard and recounting the distinguished record of military service at Harvard. The Times also notes that the two petition candidates for the Harvard Board of Overseers, Harvey Silverglate and Bob Freedman both support the return of ROTC to campus: Over […]

C-Span reports that the Supreme Court will provide same day audio of the upcoming oral arguments in the voting rights act case, Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District v. Holder. Details here.

On Friday, the Dartmouth Chairman of the Board Ed Haldeman responded to my open letter of last week. His statement simply does not respond to the concerns that I raised in my letter. Here’s what I said: “There you have it: I was denied reelection either because of the content of my speech or for […]

This will come as no surprise, but it is a good time to be a bankruptcy lawyer. The front page of the WSJ reported yesterday (may be subscriber only) that Weil, Gotshal & Manges is requesting $55.1 million in quarterly fees and expenses for its work in the Lehman Brothers case. “The firm says it […]

A few weeks back, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas spoke at the annual banquet of the Bill of Rights Institute honoring the national winners of the “Being and American” essay contest. A full description of the contest and a listing of the winner is here. C-Span broadcast his remarks last night, but I was out […]

George Leef ponders the larger implications of the Dartmouth Board majority’s decision to boot me, “Only Rubber-Stamps and Jellyfish Need Apply“” “Message to the remaining critics: ‘Accept your powerless status and keep quiet.’” And Joe Malchow questions the wisdom of reopening the shooting wars of the past few years just to settle scores: This action […]

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Last week, a majority of the Dartmouth Board denied me a second term as a Trustee. I’m disappointed, but I can’t say I’m surprised. I’ve posted an open letter discussing the Board’s action here.

A few weeks back I posted on what I perceived to be an incorrect suggestion in a Washington Post editorial on the position of Pope Benedict with respect to condom use in Africa and his contention “You can’t resolve [the AIDS epidemic] with the distribution of condoms. On the contrary, it increases the problem.” At […]