This press release, prepared by the University of Kentucky upon the occasion of the author's speech there, contains some biographical information about Howard. Does this biography differ substantially from the one in your text? If so, how? If not, why not?

Covington & Burling, the law firm where Howard is a "senior corporate advisor and strategist," put together this biography of the author. How is it different from the one given by the University of Kentucky? How is it different from the one in your text? Propose some reasons for the differing approaches in all three cases.

This page has a number of short reviews of Howard's book The Death of Common Sense: How Law is Suffocating America. Read through them and consider: What is the apparent agenda of each reviewer? Which would you feel comfortable using in your class, and why?

Howard has also written a book called The Lost Art of Drawing the Line: How Fairness Went Too Far. Here's some information about it, including some about how you can download a digital version if you like. Now that you know something about the book, would you like to read it? Explain.

Here are some hot topics concerning the government's role in the lives of individuals:

Does the legal history of same-sex marriage interest you as a research topic? If so, check out this history prepared by the self-help law site Nolo. It's hyperlinked, comprehensive, and contains thumbnails of the relevant landmark cases.

"Here Come the Federal Cell Phone Cops" is the name of an essay that compares proposed state and federal regulations, arguing against both. Where would be good places to find the current state of such regulations? Where could you find opposing views?

Click here to read an essay examining legislative efforts concerning Internet privacy. Is privacy something that you pay attention to while surfing? If so, what are your concerns? If not, why not?

The group Taxpayers for Common Sense put together this list of the top ten all-time "Golden Fleece Awards," given for the most creative wastes of U.S. taxpayer money. These include one for a grant to study surfing in Honolulu and one for a $2 million police car. Do you think such seeming abuses are inevitable in a democracy? If not, why do they seem to occur with such alarming frequency?