HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: Tamanaha: How ‘The Million Dollar Law Degree’ Study Systematically Overstates Value.

WITH A MENTION OF THE THIRD AMENDMENT: Defending American Principles Is Now A Revolutionary Act.

It always was. They’re revolutionary principles.

DOES THIS KIND OF TANTRUM COUNT AS DOMESTIC ABUSE? Man Uploads Wife’s Explosive Temper Tantrum on YouTube. “Jim also said he realized his marriage was truly over when his wife defriended him on Facebook.”

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WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “US?” Are Any Of Us Actually Happy With Our Sex Lives?

USA TODAY EDITORIALIZES: Simplify tax code with blank slate: Our view. “As anyone who dreads April 15 knows, the code is a farce that wastes taxpayers’ time and money, caters to the influential lobbies and corrupts Congress. In the quarter-century since the last reform, it has grown so complicated that it costs individuals and companies $160 billion each year to comply. That’s nearly double what the federal government spends annually on highways, bridges, airports and other transportation projects.”

HEADLINE OF THE WEEK: President Adopts Catchphrase to Describe Proposed Recipe for Economic Revival. Hmm. President Adopts Catchphrase. You kinda feel like the folks at the New York Times aren’t super-excited about this latest “pivot to jobs.” Well, how many times has he pivoted? 8?

A CALCULATOR THAT ESTIMATES how many times you’ll see your parents before they die.

ON THE ONE HAND, I THINK IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISMISSED. ON THE OTHER HAND, I LOOK FORWARD TO DISCOVERY. Judge Refuses To Dismiss Climate-Libel Suit By Michael Mann Against National Review, CEI, etc.

DO THEY COME IN “SLIM FIT?” Would You Wear “Pneumatic Trousers?” (Warning: Annoying autoplay video).

LIFE IN OBAMA’S AMERICA: “The family rescued by George Zimmerman after a rollover crash in Florida are terrified they will become targets for hate mobs.”

ED DRISCOLL: Oh, That Death of the Grown-Up.

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CROSSFIT FOUNDER GREG GLASMAN: “I’m A Rabid Libertarian.”

He’s also an InstaPundit reader.

THIS HAPPENS TO BABIES, TOO: Kitten Nearly Dies From Vegan Diet. “The horrific case at a North Melbourne animal hospital has prompted a warning about the dangers of people ‘forcing ideologies’ on their pets.”

Nature is what it is, not what you want it to be. Whether with kittens or kids.

INTERESTING: How Adding Iodine To Salt Resulted In A Decade’s Worth Of IQ Gains For The United States. “A new NBER working paper from James Feyrer, Dimitra Politi, and David N. Weil finds that the population in iodine-deficient areas saw IQs rise by a full standard deviation, which is 15 points, after iodized salt was introduced. Since one quarter of the population lived in those areas, that corresponds to a 3.5 point increase nationwide. We’ve seen IQs go up by about 3 points every decade, something called the Flynn effect, so iodization of salt may be responsible for a full decade’s worth of increasing IQ in the U.S.”

IRS UPDATE: IRS Pressed in Court To Disclose Policy for Dealing With Pro-Israel Groups.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: When Men Are The Victims. “There is great similarity between female and male victims and their abusers. The biggest difference is that male victims find themselves in the same position women were 30 years ago. Their problem is viewed as of little consequence, or they are to blame, and their are few available resources for male victims. Three-quarters of the men who contact an abuse shelter or hotline report that the agency would provide services only to women, and nearly two-thirds were treated as the abuser rather than the victim.” Yet research shows men are victims as often as women.

I DON’T WANT MY TOILET TO SUFFER THE BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH: Microsoft Has An Operating System For Your House. Or the Apple equivalent, the Rotating Beachball Of Death.

SHOCKER: Alex Beam on Elizabeth Warren’s Senate Career So Far: Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing.

THE GOODYEAR BLIMP is replaced by a Zeppelin.

IN MY USA TODAY COLUMN, further thoughts on expanding the Third Amendment.

I’m thinking of writing a law review article entitled A Living Constitution For The 21st Century. We were told we had to accept increases in government power and other changes back in the 20th Century because the Constitution was a “living breathing document” that had to adapt to a changing world. That being the case, what kinds of changes might it need to undergo now? (Bumped).

STAND YOUR GROUND: Stand Your Ground: The “New” Self-Defense Doctrine That’s 136 Years Young.

THE FOLKS AT HGTV ARE looking for online video talent.

MICHAEL TOTTEN: Not Even Zombies Can Save The Middle East.