The Yin Blog
"Law, politics, pop culture, sports, and a touch of Iowa."
Author: Tung Yin, an associate law professor at the University of Iowa, has clerked in the Central District of California and for judges in the 9th and 10th Circuits.
Blawg Related Categories: Constitutional Law • Criminal Justice • White Collar Crime • Law Professors • States • Iowa • University of Iowa • Law Professor
Recent Posts from The Yin Blog
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A quick thought on ABC's "FlashForward"
Spoilers up to 11/5/09! I've been watching ABC's serial sci-fi drama "FlashForward" almost in real-time, meaning that it just sits on my TiVo for an hour or so. (To put it in context, I haven't…
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I moved to the right state!
Because of Halloween trick or treating, I didn't get to see all of the Oregon-USC football game, but what I saw, including the end, was plenty satisfying. It's hilarious to think that the USC football…
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Sleeplessness, state by state
This CDC study looks at sleeplessness rates by states. Oregon does pretty well, with only 8.8% of the population reporting insufficient sleep for 30 out of the past 30 days. (That's pretty severe, every night?!?)…
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We're #3 (but we should be #1)!
Forbes has ranked the 40 biggest U.S. metropolitan areas in terms of safety, and Portland comes in at #3. The top five are Minneapolis-St. Paul, Milwaukee, Portland, Boston, and Seattle. While MSP certainly has a…
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How law schools are like cruise ships
Like the last cruise I went on, our law school facility here is full of stand-up dispensers of hand sanitizers!
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That's some love!
Wow, this is some love that the husband has for his wife, enlisting in the Army so that he can make sure she has health coverage for her cancer treatment!
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Why I didn't ask for a Blackberry during my last at a law firm
This story sums it all up.
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Overweight at 5'10" and 120 lbs?
This is pretty weird -- the model who was picture in the supposedly Photoshopped Ralph Lauren ad is 5'10" and 120 lbs, and she says she was fired for being "too fat." Wha??? It just…
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NBC, Desperation, and Jay Leno
TV Guide has an interesting column titled "Is Jay Leno Killing NBC?," that basically wonders whether NBC's decision to give the weeknight 10-11 pm time slot to Jay Leno has doomed the network. To recap…
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Don't have Amazon.com teach geography to the kids!
Amazon sure has some weird ideas about geography. I mean, I live in Oregon, which isn't *that* far from Nevada. Yet, look at the route that my package is taking: October 12, 200912:24:00 PMLOUISVILLE KY…