January 2010
What is a Son of a Bitch?
The Earl of Kent in Shakespeare’s King Lear (1603) refers to Oswald in Act II Scene II as, …nothing but the composition of a knave, beggar, coward, pandar, and the son and heir of a…
What’s the Real Risk of a Terrorist Attack?
 Putting things in perspective:  Courtesy of Jesus Diaz and Nate Silver.
Criteria for Body Scan Screenings
We seem to be getting mixed messages today about the use of body scanners in Canada. The Privacy Commissioner of Canada conducted two Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) for the Canadian Air Transport Security Association (CATSA)…
Punishment or Rehabilitation?
We’re not sure which one this is. One of The Telegraph‘s top funny pictures of the year: Evelyn Border, 56, holds up a sign outside a Pennsylvania courthouse, admitting to stealing a giftcard from a…
Canadian Troops Bear Greater Brunt than Americans, Afghans
David McCandless, a visual data journalist, provides the breakdown of soldier casualties in Afghanistan in The Guardian. Canadians have suffered a disproportionately high number. In fact more than any other NATO party, or even the…
A “Fun” Law Exam?
Howard Wasserman asks, Can students enjoy exams just a little bit and is there ahything we can do to help? Or is an exam always an uncomfortable medical procedure and any effort to make it…
The War on the Rule of Law
Olivia Ward of the Toronto Star says that history will judge the architects of the “War on Terror.” As the second decade of a broken century limps into view, some in the United States and…
Law is Cool wins a 2009 CLawBie
The Canadian Law Blog Awards, or CLawBies, highlight great blogs by the Canadian legal industry. This site has been fortunate enough to receive recognition from the awards in 2008 and 2007. Once again, Law is…