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Like the cock of the walk, Senator Mitch McConnell strutted across the Senate floor, preening his new First Amendment feathers and pecking to death the latest (and most modest) of [...]

At a time when all things public are impoverished and traduced, it may seem like wishful thinking to press for public financing to Congressional campaigns. Yet precisely this sort of [...]

Like the cock of the walk, U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell strutted across the Senate floor, preening his new First Amendment feathers and pecking to death the latest of campaign finance reforms set before that body. McConnell is no First Amendment Avenger. Except when it comes to wrapping legalized bribery in the mantle of free speech, he has eagerly seized nearly every opportunity-from regulating the Internet to banning flag-burning-to use the power of government to silence unpopular speech.

Whenever someone makes the kind of biographical introduction Judge Kozinski just offered, a member of the audience inevitably bounds up afterwards and asks, "So, you clerked for both Scalia and [...]

Have you heard any good judge jokes lately. To Max Boot, the question is a metaphor for what's wrong with our system of justice. Sure, we yuck it up about [...]

WHEN IT COMES TO A KEY ELEMENT IN CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM, BROADCASTERS PLEAD THE PUBLIC INTEREST, BUT THEY'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE BOTTOM LINE. We own the airwaves. We, the [...]

Progeny of combinations of one susceptible line (Mp420) with three resistant maize (Zea maysL.) lines (T204, GT11, and CI21) were tested for three gorwing seasons to determine the genetics of host reaction to the leafhopper‐transmitted corn stunt virus. Dominance for resistance or susceptibility was lacking. The influence of heterosis favoring virus tolerance was apparent. Results indicated a relatively simple inheritance pattern. Studies of effects of genes indicated a strong additive influence, no dominance, and insignificant epistatic effects. A recurrent selection scheme would appear to be best for transferring resistance to susceptible material. If the plant breeder desires to transfer resistance to specific genotypes, a recurrent‐backcross approach is proposed where resistant segregates would be recombined before the1 next backcross. The approach is suggested also for other traits controlled by few genes, including modifiers.

Resection of unusually large pseudoaneurysms of the aortic isthmus is complex, and involves various strategies of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), cerebral and spinal cord protection. We report on a patient with a giant pseudoaneurysm of the distal arch and proximal descending aorta, in whom cannulation of the femoral artery was unfeasible. Instead, the right axillary artery and the left femoral vein were cannulated. This technique allowed to perform a left anterolateral thoracotomy with the patient already on CPB and hypothermic, and to shorten the duration of hypothermic circulatory arrest.