Sam 101 - Please take your seat.

Ezra Klein’s got it right, Obama won’t see any problems with his nomination of Sonia Sotomayor, mostly because her last name can’t be turned into a verb.

The last nominee to actually be defeated — Harriett Miers was withdrawn, remember, and withdrawn due to conservative unrest — was Robert Bork.

William Safire defines “to bork” by reference “to the way Democrats savaged Ronald Reagan’s nominee, the Appeals Court judge Robert H. Bork…

May 27, 2009, 9:33am

@lessig’s talk Thursday evening at the NY Public Library with Shepherd Fairey and Steven Johnson. Larry discusses fair use and copyright regs in the context of the lawsuit pending against Shepherd Fairey from the AP.

February 27, 2009, 11:36pm

A great selection of candid photos from The New York Times Magazine of the chief officials set to take office in Barack Obama’s administration. Shot under very bright lights on a white background, each shows subtle nuances in expression and movement. Many remind me of the photos from my favorite book that I don’t own, “Wisdom.”

January 19, 2009, 6:26pm

View of the front of the Capitol Building on Saturday, January 18.

January 19, 2009, 3:08pm

As I’m sure you expected, you will most likely have to endure a final few days of Obama propaganda.

Earlier today, I got a chance to stop in at Manifest Hope: DC. Alas, I only had the phone to take pictures with, and since NOTCOT’s shots are pretty much always going to beat whatever I venture to take, click above to see some of the amazing stuff on display for the weekend in Georgetown.

Manifest Hope: DC First Look (NOTCOT)

January 18, 2009, 1:31am