So Avatar has passed Titanic as history's highest-grossing film, with
worldwide ticket sales of $1.86 billion (story here and list here).
Yeah, but we all recognize that ticket prices today are higher than in
years gone by, making any such claim somewhat meaningless. So where
does Avatar rank when grosses are adjusted for ticket price inflation?
I don't have the answer for worldwide revenue, but for domestic
revenue Avatar ranks (as of today) in the mid 20's on the list
(sandwiched between screen gems Posted on Friday, January 29, 2010 at 2:23 pm

Via Tyler Cowen, from Barking Up The Wrong Tree: "[P]itchers from the
southern United States were more likely to hit batters in these
situations, but primarily if the batter was White." Source: "It was a
thought pitch": Personal, situational, and target influences on
hit-by-pitch events across time. from Journal of Applied Psychology -
Vol 94, Iss 6 by Timmerman, Thomas A. Via Above the Law, from Richard
Posner: "Litigation is not ping-pong." Source: No. 09-8042 CUNNINGHAM
CHARTER CORPORATION, Posted on Friday, January 29, 2010 at 2:23 pm

In last night's State of the Union message, President Obama attacked
the Supreme Court for its Citizens United decision. With the justices
sitting in the well of the chamber, directly before him, he tactlessly
chastised them for their decision. Of course, the Supreme Court is not
immune from criticism, but given the time and place the President's
antic came across as puerile anger. Moreover, if he must criticize the
Court in person he at least ought to get his facts straight. Obama
declared that Citizens Posted on Friday, January 29, 2010 at 2:23 pm

In the New York Times, Stanley Fish examines the language and
argumentation used by Justice Kennedy, writing for the majority in
Citizens United, and by Justice Stevens, writing in dissent. Professor
Fish identifies "chill" to be the word most important... Posted on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 1:44 pm

Here is this week's collection of newly available scholarship
addressing First Amendment issues: 1) Andrew Koppelman (Northwestern
University School of Law), The New American Civil Religion: Lesson for
Italy, forthcoming in George Washington International Law Review. The
abstract states: American... Posted on Monday, February 1, 2010 at 4:02 pm

On Law.com, Tony Mauro spotlights what is being hailed by some as a
silver lining to the Citizens United decision, the possibility that
the ruling will draw attention to how an avalanche of corporate
campaign contributions to the state campaigns... Posted on Monday, February 1, 2010 at 4:02 pm

The Government Printing Office, the agency that publishes our nation's
official documents, has almost completed its migration to FDsys, the
new Federal Digital System that will ultimately replace the current
GPO database of government publications, GPOAccess. The migration to
FDsys was slated for completion at the end of 2009, but the date has
been pushed back to April 2010. More content will be added in the next
few months, but you don't have to wait to use the many good
collections already available. On Posted on Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 9:55 pm

A student approached the reference desk recently, trying to locate a
Senate Executive Report. These reports contain committee
recommendations regarding the ratification of proposed treaties, or
recommendations on proposed nominations. Beginning in 1979 these
reports were published in the Serial Set, but the document we needed
was issued in the 90th Congress, 1968. To locate this older report, we
needed to look outside of the Serial Set in a unique collection called
Senate Executive Documents and Reports Posted on Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 10:24 pm

Access your library account from campus and home! You can now see
everything you have checked out, renew your books, and save searches
of your research interests online. · Access your account through
Stella, the online catalog, from Stanley or the library's public home
page. · Select login and enter your last name and your G number (with
the G included). You will now be logged into your personal library
account. On the left are Help instructions for renewing books and
setting up your preferred searches. Be Posted on Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 10:24 pm