Today, TK Learned:

... that this shameless gimmick item is also losing steam.

• If you steal a penny in Texas, you might be a felon. [Volokh Conspiracy]
• Judge Denny Chin thinks a lot about sentencing criminals. [New York Times]
• Denmark's welfare state is the fairest in the world. But Australia is close to Denmark while spending less than the OECD average on welfare. [Inside Story]
• If you translated a biography of Thai king, it is a bad idea to travel to Thailand. [The Faculty Lounge]
• Why would you volunteer for a strip search in prison? To use the computer. [SCOTUSblog]

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