Alright, so I’ve finally listened to my dear wife’s advice, capitulated, and created a blog. I’ll warn up front that it will probably not be very interesting to many people (probably, Rebecca alone will politely read and obligatorily comment). I intend to limit discussion to only a few select topics: law (mainly abortion, but also intellectual property and First Amendment issues); economics (of which I am but a beginning student at this point); and purely personal musings, rants, and news. There will be no discussion of politics or religion, except as they may relate to the topic of abortion.
I am also open to guest blogging, on a post-by-post basis, for those wishing to comment on the same topics. Just send me an email with a proposal, and I’ll respond promptly (as I expect such emails to be few to none).
Rather than attempt to build this blog up, promote it, and make it the primary vehicle for my ideas, it will instead be more of a public drawing board in which I air the fruits of research, ideas, and argument prototypes for the purpose of testing them for possible eventual incorporation into full-scale academic writings. For that reason, posts may be infrequent (further deterring readership). But also for that reason, I will make every effort to support my posts with accurate, respectable, and verifiable sources. As a former Law Review editor, I find the proper use of authority to be absolutely essential to effective academic writing. Although the use of footnotes in blog posts is rare (if not non-existent), I intend to make extensive use of them.
So, without further ado: Nugent’s Law begins.
