You make a feast in honor of whatwas lost, and take from its place the finestgarment, which you saved for an occasionyou could not imagine, and you weep night and dayto know that you were not abandoned,that happiness saved its most extreme formfor you alone.No, happiness is the uncle you neverknew about, who flies a single-engine planeonto the grassy landing strip, hitchhikesinto town, and inquires at every dooruntil he finds you asleep midafternoonas you so often are during the unmercifulhours of… [read post]

As Jane Mayer reported in the New Yorker, the Kochs do not deny funding Americans for Prosperity (the amount is not disclosed) but assert that they provide no funding "specifically to support the tea parties. [read post]

Professor Tobias wishes to thank Margaret Sanner, Carley Ruival, Jane Baber, Katie Lehnen, and Jamie Wood for their valuable substantive and stylistic recommendations, the University of Richmond Law Library Staff, especially Paul Birch, Joyce Janto, and Alex Hutchings, for their excellent research, Yale Journal on Regulation Notice & Comment Editor Jacob Wirz for his excellent editorial efforts, Leslee Stone for her excellent processing, as well as Russell Williams… [read post]