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Here's something I haven't seen

Here's something I haven't seen before: a law school professor agrees that the purpose of law school is to confuse students.

W. take note: John Keegan

W. take note: John Keegan says Churchill would smack Iraq.

Further evidence that blogging is

Further evidence that blogging is socially useful.

Wired says maybe music sales

Wired says maybe music sales aren't down because of MP3s .

Breaking news! WORLDWIDE EXCLUSIVE TO

Breaking news! WORLDWIDE EXCLUSIVE TO THE DOOR. Thanks to the diligent effort of a Duke undergraduate volunteer, the Door can now present the party affiliation of the NC State Economics faculty (recall the entry for August 28).

Using the 34 faculty listed at http://www.mgt.ncsu.edu/faculty/economics/faculty.html, the count is

15 Democratic
9 Republican
3 Unaffiliated
7 Unavailable/unknown

Omitting emeritus and non-tenure-track faculty, the count is

12 Democratic
7 Republican
2 Unaffiliated
6 Unavailable/unknown

Either way, the NCSU economics dept. is a bit more Republican than any of the ten departments listed in the The American Enterprise article.

Probably the funniest article about

Probably the funniest article about student evaluations of teachers there is. (Note that some of the links in the article are broken.)

Today's "Well, duh" insight from

Today's "Well, duh" insight from one of the Other Social Sciences: resentment correlates with Schadenfreude.

Lord save me, I think

Lord save me, I think I'm addicted to Lileks. He gleefully pummels a whiny British sap. One razz: "You have to say this for the chap: once he gets the old Fatuity Extruder up and running, it produces a bumper crop." But go and read the whole thing.

The 426th most popular blog

The 426th most popular blog on the Web--according to Blogstreet--links to the Door. Hi, Kyle!

The Europeans have another reason

The Europeans have another reason to hate and fear America. We're outbreeding them.