As a pathetic House addict, I wondered why they killed off Kutner so suddenly, now it comes out that the actor that played him (who also played Kumar in Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle) is going to work as the director of President Obama’s Office of Public Liason.
‘House’ actor explains shocking decision – [...]
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An interesting article about the need for government to clearly state its intentions. The problem being that in a representative democracy, these things usually take time to accomplish, and that consensus is hard to build. That makes it difficult to send clear and prompt signals to markets. Maybe this is why the Federal Reserve System [...]
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On Friday the Iowa Supreme Court invalidated a state statute that restricted marriage to one man and one woman in Varnum v. … The language in this opinion is much more sweeping than in the California decision in In re Marriage Cases, 183 P.3d 384 (Cal.
The Philip Morris case had become something of a judicial minuet between the Supreme Court and the Oregon Supreme Court, with the Justices twice telling the state tribunal — in 2003 and 2007 — to reconsider the punitive verdict that had been $79.5 million but, with interest accumulating, has perhaps doubled. … Williams’ lawyers told the Court this time: “Twelve years after the tragic death that gave rise to this action and nine years after the lengthy trial of this case, with four appellate reviews in Oregon, and five years after the first of three trips to this Court, it is time for this litigation marathon to end.”