Ivy League Populism

I generally appreciate Victor Davis Hanson as a historian. He's written some excellent books on ancient Greece and Rome that I've used to write papers of my own. But he also writes some interesting political commentary for various websites. This is an interesting piece on elite (what he calls "Ivy League) populism, as it applies to the current Democratic presidential candidates. Here's a good quote:

Barack Obama may have gone to exclusive private schools. He and his wife may both be lawyers who between them have earned four expensive Ivy League degrees. They may make about a million dollars a year, live in an expensive home and send their kids to prep school. But they are still apparently first-hand witnesses to how the American dream has gone sour. Two other Ivy League lawyers, Hillary and Bill, are multimillionaires who have found America to be a land of riches beyond most people's imaginations. But Hillary also talks of the tragic lost dream of America.

Do they really believe this stuff, or is it just rhetoric to get votes? I don't know, but it is interesting to think about.

Found via Powerline.

Looking ahead towards the Democratic Nomination

So now that Obama has crushed Hillary in Wisconsin, her only hopes left are Ohio and Texas. She needs to not only win those two states, but win them convincingly. If she just squeaks by, and they go into the convention with Obama having a significant lead in popular vote, there's no way she is going to get the nomination. So things aren't over for her, but they are looking grim.

I think McCain will match up well with Obama. It's going to come down to the wire, but I hope McCain wins for the sole reason that he doesn't advocate surrender in Iraq.

Contracts Midterm looms large.

This Wednesday I'll be having the only midterm of the semester, in Contracts. It shouldn't be too difficult, but I still have to study for it. So if you have any questions about damages or remedies for breach or interpreting a contract, just ask! I'll have all the answers!

Chargers Upset Undefeated Colts!

You have to do something in the off-season, right? So I went back and watched the game from 2005 when the Chargers went into Indianapolis and took down the then 13-0 Colts. It was a great game. Here are some highlights via YouTube.

Entrances to hell discovered in UK

Apparently there are several dozen entrances to hell in the United Kingdom. I like 23 the best.

The NFL must be really scared of Matt Walsh.

There's a new article about NFL Commissioner Goodell's meeting with Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) out at ESPN.

It's a round-up of what happened at the meeting, and lists what issues Specter wants to pursue, and what he finds unacceptable about Goodell's responses.

Here's a gem, though, from the end:

Specter said he was concerned to learn from Walsh's attorney that an NFL security representative, Dick Farley, had been investigating Walsh. Specter said: "I confronted them on that, and Goodell says, 'Yeah, he [Farley] works for us. Yeah, he is a security guy, but we didn't know he was investigating him.' "

Can you say "witness intimidation"? Good Lord, whatever that Walsh guy knows must be freaking horrible.

Poor old soldier...

Here's what the museum crew has been doing down in San Diego since I've been away. Makes me wish I was still there...

New Indiana Jones trailer released!

Go to the Official Indiana Jones Website for the first trailer to be released for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Here it is from Yahoo movies. Looks pretty cool so far...

Spygate won't go away.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3244687

Bill Belichick has been illegally taping opponents' defensive signals since he became the New England Patriots' coach in 2000, according to Sen. Arlen Specter, who said NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told him that during a meeting Wednesday.

I don't know what is going to come of this, but it's pretty clear that Belichick and the Patriots' legacy is going to be forever tainted, and anyone who doesn't think so is a serious homer. I don't buy Belichick's "misinterpretation" excuse for a second. If that was true, he would have stopped when people complained about this YEARS AGO.

Then there's the NFL's reaction to it all, which reeks of cover-up. Goodell acted way too quickly in destroying the evidence, and HIS reason for doing so seems hollow as well.

Despite all this, I will be really surprised if anything concrete happens though. People who are calling for Belichick to be banned for life or for the Pats' championships to be taken away are going to be disappointed--it would upset way too many people.

I'm just happy that they lost the Super Bowl and are forever scarred by 18-1.

New improved blog!

Now that I'm in law school, I'll have ever so much free time to write blog entries!