This Washington Post article discusses how interview subjects are redefining their relationship with reporters: The humble interview, the linchpin of journalism for centuries, is under assault….[I]n the digital age, some executives and commentators are saying they will respond only by…
AP story on the rising number of law school applicants with deep scientific backgrounds. From my own personal observation this year being loosely involved with SCU’s admissions process, I’m blown away by the technical backgrounds and expertise of our applicants….
The NYT ran an op-ed called “Death by Veganism.” Some “high”lights: * “You cannot create and nourish a robust baby merely on foods from plants.” * “There are no vegan societies for a simple reason: a vegan diet is not…
Kevin Delaney of the WSJ ran an interesting story about how parents are selecting baby names on their ability to generate distinctive results in the search engines. As someone who went through a personal re-branding, this is a topic of…
The California Assembly has passed AB102, the Name Equality Act of 2007. The latest text of the law. The Mercury News article. This law, sponsored by the ACLU and others, is designed to statutorily overturn the discriminatory imbalance between men…
AP article on the proliferation of vegetarian restaurants. The article says there are 1,000-1,200 nationwide, a number that sounds very low to me, but it also says the number has doubled in the past 7 years, which I can believe….
On Monday, SCU had a “thank you” lunch for professors and administrators who had media exposure this year. The formal program included three speakers: Ed Clendaniel, San Jose Mercury News opinion page writer; Dana Nachman, NBC 11 special projects producer;…
Everyone loves rankings, so here is the 2007 ranking of the best services in Mountain View. I think in general this list is very good, but of course we could quibble–our favorite burritos are from Bueno Bueno; we think Garden…
Students commonly assume that small firm lawyers work less hard than big firm lawyers. For example, when I ask students what they want to do after graduation, not atypically they will say “I want to work in a small firm.”…
From ProBlogger: “34 Reasons Why People Unsubscribe from RSS feeds: [1] Too many posts (the post levels are too overwhelming) [2] Infrequent Posting (or the blog is effectively dead) [3] Partial Excerpts Feeds [4] Blog Changes Focus (too much off…