I submit that 2018 Grinch film may be the most pro density and pro public transportation of Christmas films.

This could wind up being the most-watched newsmagazine segment in television history!! Congratulations to the Ellisons and Bari Weiss!!!

It also seems they've kind of ignored that word "memorial" is in there.

Some reading given the Court’s docket papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Jumping into some research today.

FIFA giving the soccer peace prize to a guy who basically skipped the handshake line in 2020 is very on brand.

Also, most importantly: It was an attempt to overthrow the democratically elected government of the United States.

Both/and strikes me as likeliest scenario. www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/p...

Shocking. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

My first academic talk was at an Air Force Academy Conference, while in college. Spoke on the case for recognizing selective conscientious objector. Met Hugh Thompson, the helicopter pilot who halted My Lai massacre. Wonder, were he alive, if he'd be able to speak there today.

I learned for the first time during Thanksgiving Dinner of the movie KPop Demon Hunters, confirming that I live in a pop culture vacuum. I thought at first it was called Cape Cod Demon Hunters, which could be a decent movie premise. I submit this movie poster is the best possible use of AI.

🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]

From @theathletic.com: When the camera shows Father Pete, the Notre Dame student section loses its collective mind. The invitation to Mass doesn’t interrupt the football game; it’s organically become part of the ceremony.

Excellent & detailed report from Pioneer Institute & Andrew Mikula offering specific policy, legislative, and financing reforms providing "opportunities for Massachusetts localities and state officials to make ADU construction faster and more extensive . . . ." pioneerinstitute.org/economic_opp...

This great story is a testament to the invaluable work of @cselmendorf.bsky.social on California's builders remedy: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/b...

Tonight, APPAM President Ingrid Gould Ellen shared an important message with #2025APPAM attendees: Going Local: The Value of Research on Local Government Policies & Programs. As she passed the gavel to President-Elect, Kosali Simon, we toasted her service over the past two years.

AI: it's like your friend who drinks too much. www.nytimes.com/video/world/... www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

The neighbors did this, but if @boston.gov, @wutrain.bsky.social, @ben4district6.bsky.social and others were serious about affordable housing in Boston they would do more to not let it happen.

Sadly, based on tonight's meeting, local NIMBYs got the number of units cut nearly in half and @boston.gov @mayorwu.boston.gov are unwilling to push back in support of needed affordable housing. www.universalhub.com/2024/135-aff...

More Bovino-led horror in Little Village today. Matt is a reliable leader in the community. www.linkedin.com/posts/matt-d...

Today's edition of early twentieth century anti-apartment fear mongering.

Came across this in report from 1915 and now plan to place "A Serious Presentation for Thoughtful People" on any future slides.

Next week in Cambridge, Mass, catch NZA geospatial analyst Jake Gilbert alongside MA housing heavy-hitters Amy Dain, @vincent-rollet.bsky.social, & @johninfranca.bsky.social for a wonderful conversation about the ins & outs of multi-family housing for better affordability

Decided to make my own professional website. Tell me if you think there is anything worth adding or changing: sites.google.com/view/profess...

Searching for buried treasure I suppose.

Legal academics: I am trying to decide whether it is worth the effort to develop and maintain a personal academic website. Questions: 1. do you have one?; 2. why do you think it valuable; 3. examples of sites you think are great; 4. services for creating/hosting/whatever you recommend?

Came across this article from 1948 defending zoning on Martha's Vineyard: vineyardgazette.com/news/1948/01... "The New Englander dislikes change almost more than he dislikes regulation. Therefore the fact that each community must make its own zoning laws, . . .

This is fantastic. @boston.gov can we get this?

As the history of January 6th is rewritten, a reminder of Republican Senator (then Congressman) Markwayne Mullin's account, the next day, of what occured: "Mullin said police 'showed a lot of restraint" and "did the best they could.'" www.foxnews.com/politics/cap...

Here’s What Happened When I Made My College Students Put Away Their Phones www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...

Why do sentences like this keep getting written @bostonglobe.com : "Developers and planners often argue that new supply will ease the housing crunch, but Lees isn’t convinced unit counts alone will solve the problem." The words "ease" & "solve" differ in meaning. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/20/r...

A good letter generally, but not sure about the line in paragraph 4: "The United States Constitution established that local governments . . . " The US Constitution says nothing about local governments. The authority local governments have regarding public safety is delegated by the states.

Pretty good summer Friday night.

The Proquest Historical Newspaper database is the greatest. Library of Congress has digitized papers but no way to effectively search them.

Working on an article that looks in part at the history of accounts of religious conversion by those facing execution. You don't see headlines like this one (at right) anymore.

Free Access to New Cambridge U Press Book: “The Future of Press Freedom: Democracy, Law, and the News in Changing Times” electionlawblog.org?p=151397

This is quite interesting, particularly the discussion at end of condo versus single-family appreciation. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/30/b...

Duolingo going all Lucille Bluth on me tonight.

A new Westlaw feature: Cases+! Real cases enhanced with the things you wish they said by cutting edge AI!

Charles Cheney, How Districts or Zones Help a City (1914) Dear California - thoughts on this 100+ years on?

I remain embroiled in a conflict with a third party that wanted to charge me 90 dollars for waiting in a car in an empty lot on a Sunday while getting bagels. They claim this sign, which we did not see and was not at main entrance, created a contract. Thoughts?

"I was good at zone changes." It's a typical word salad, but a nugget of truth: we're all a victim of regulation when it comes to zoning.

A new report by the National Zoning Atlas found that apartment buildings with four units or more can only be built, under current local zoning rules, on roughly 4 percent of the land in this state.

Thanks @bariboston.bsky.social Join us tomorrow, Friday, at noon at Suffolk Law for the formal launch. Information here: www.suffolk.edu/news-feature... and registration here: lnkd.in/ej5BYhJP

Andrew Brinker with a great story on the launch of the MA Zoning Atlas. Join us tomorrow at noon for the launch event. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/17/b...