Chiefs, Kings, And Lattes

Get on over to How Appealing for more links on Chief Justice Rehnquist and his potential successor than anyone really should be reading on a national holiday. (Creepiness offense: Wikipedia should not have "Died" dates for the Justices just waiting to be filled in.)

Co-contributor Tom Mighell at Between Lawyers has an interesting post about king-making. As I mentioned in the comments there, monitoring the posts at del.icio.us tag linklove (thanks, Mary) is a sure way to stay on top of some of the most informed and considered thinking on these sorts of issues. (For the time being, anyway; here're the search results for del.icio.us spam, and the astoundingly spam-clear tags for viagra and poker.)

'Round here, there's an undisputed new sheriff in town; he wears a hardhat, never charges a dime, and completes every job before sunset.

Finally, coffee titan Starbucks is doing two pretty amazing things these days: at-register Red Cross hurricane relief donations (a buck a latte has got to add up fast), and Ethos Water. All hail!