GASKILL V. ROBBINS DIVISION OF MARITAL PROPERTY, GOODWILL 2007-SC-000190-DGE PUBLISHED: AFFIRMED PANEL: NOBLE PRESIDING; CUNNINGHAM, SCHRODER, VENTERS AND SCOTT CONCUR; ABRAMSON CONCURS IN PART AND DISSENTS IN PART COUNTY: WARREN DATE RENDERED: 2/13/2009 SC considered whether the goodwill of a close...

Don't Miss 5 Hot Wedding Color Ideas … 10 Reasons to Love Kate Winslet… 7 Runway Fashion Trends for Spring-Summer 09 … Not dreaming of the white ball gown with the cathedral train or the big church wedding? That’s OK, especially today with all the alternative ways to make your bi...

about the violence in Mexico. Some of you have insisted we leave, some have changed plans about coming to visit, and some have assured us of your prayers for our protection.We are fine. We take the precautions of not being out too late, always travelling with another person, and not waving our few d...

The audio recording of Monday's debate between Onkar Ghate and Michael Huemer entitled "Making a Virtue of Selfishness? A Debate about Ayn Rand's Ethics" is now available on the "Think!" web site. You can download it directly from this link. I'm pleased to report that the event was the most popular ...

It was 2 years ago today that I bought my horse Quest. I drove 4 hours north to WI with my trainer to look a a couple of horses. He was on a small farm with a camel and other animals. I didn't even find the ad it was my trainer. She was wanting to look at a horse and thought that the draft cross...

I am delighted to report that last night I finished the first draft of my dissertation in its entirety. It took 1 year, 2 months, and 2 days of consistent and often grueling work to complete. It is 10 chapters, 287 pages, and 84,874 words long. Yowza! And here it is, in the flesh: Here are the chapt...

Yesterday, I was annoyed to read a Denver Post article on a new diet study. Here's the opening of the article: Two decades after the debate began on which diet is best for weight loss, a conclusion is starting to come into focus. And the winner is not low-carb, not low-fat, not high-protein, but any...

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The Philosophical Gourmet Report was just updated for 2009. It's the ranking of graduate programs in philosophy. I'm delighted to see that University of Colorado at Boulder has risen to #26. Toward the end of my coursework in 2004/2005, our department was in shambles. About half the faculty had left...

We draw your attention to two blogs that have interesting, thoughtful takes on Lois McMaster Bujold's The Sharing Knife series: 1. Our friendly competitors over at Tor and 2. Smart Bitches, Trashy Books (yes, that is two links) (and 3. For those of you who speak Italian)....