Tag: eric_muller
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Dec. 7th, Forewarned, Not Forearmed?
I’ve been interested in the World War II Japanese Internment travesty since I learned of it as a near tot. Living in Chapel Hill I’ve had the chance to know some interesting folks, Eric Muller for one. Eric, self-publisher and UNC Law professor is an internment expert. He often posts his research on that, the […]
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Judge Free Speech
As I’ve mentioned a few times before, I’m hooked on the ‘blog CreditSlips, “A blog on all things about credit and bankruptcy. We are seven academics who will use this space to do what we like to do when we get together–discussing and debating what does happen and what should happen when consumers and businesses […]
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You can’t squeeze orange juice from a turnip….
Citizens aren’t geese and, for most, the golden eggs they pay in taxes don’t come easy. While I’ve been critical of both the county’s and town’s 2006-2007 budgets, it’s Chapel Hill’s efforts that have disappointed me the most. Why? The advertised “balance” was based on reductions in fiscal responsibility, a “lucky” sales tax windfall and […]
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Eric Muller’s Sad Serendipity
I’ve been reading UNC Law School’s Eric Muller’s ‘blog IsThatLegal for several years. He has an incredible knack ferreting out information and reporting on one of the low points for American democracy – World War Two’s mass detention of citizens of Japanese origin (covered in his book Free to Die for Their Country).