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No Country For Sane Men – Some Things I Have Noticed

“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally … [...]

Bus Rapid Transit boom?

A lot of attention gets paid to light rail, high speed rail, and highway expansion as possible (and highly contested) approaches toward solving urban, regional, and national transportation problems. Comparatively, much less attention is given to the em… [...]

Reiss on Foundations of Federal Housing Policy

David J. Reiss (Brooklyn) has posted Foundations of Federal Housing Policy, a chapter in the book COMMUNITY, HOME, AND IDENTITY, Michael Diamond, Terry Turnipseed, eds., 2011. The abstract: Federal housing policy is heavily funded and made up of a mora… [...]

Washington Post Investigative Report on HUD

Courtesy of Mark Edwards at Property Prof, a link to what looks like an important and troubling report, Million-Dollar Wasteland: HUD’s Mismanagement of America’s Affordable Housing. Here’s Edwards’ initial reaction: Given that Congress is looking for … [...]

Will Southern Arizona Become the 51st State?

In my on-going quest to post items that marry my interests in land use and immigration law, I present an NPR story that aired yesterday about efforts by a group in Pima County, Arizona to break away over Arizona’s draconian… [...]

Ely on the Constitution and Economic Liberty

James W. Ely, Jr. (Vanderbilt) has posted The Constitution and Economic Liberty, forthcoming in the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. The abstract: This essay addresses the relationship between the Constitution and Bill of Rights and the concep… [...]

The Spillover Effects of Flood Control

While waiting for the first stack of ungraded final exams to hit my desk this week, I’ve been following developments in a dispute between Illinois and Missouri over flooding along the Mississippi River. Rising floodwaters in the region presented fede… [...]

Boyack on the Role and Control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Andrea J. Boyack (George Washington) has posted Laudable Goals and Unintended Consequences: The Role and Control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, forthcoming in the American University Law Review. The abstract: The United States is struggling to emerge f… [...]

Hills & Schleicher on Balancing the "Zoning Budget"

Roderick M. Hills (NYU) and David Schleicher (George Mason) have posted Balancing the "Zoning Budget," forthcoming in the Case Western Law Review. The abstract: The politics of urban land use frustrate even the best intentions. A number of cities have… [...]

News That Matters – Monday, April 18, 2011 – The Passover Edition

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Passover begins at sundown this evening and I will not be traveling to Long Island for Seder as I have every year for the past 20+. My mom recently moved to Atlanta liberating me from any mandatory familial relations with that place. I still have family down there but in all these years they’ve never crossed the bridge north, an oft told tale by many who live up here. Folks down on the Island think it’s like Deliverance up here and I have no intention of ever dissuading them. [...]