The ruling is persuasive, but the relentless, exacting take-down of the logic behind same-sex marriage bans gives it the air of a great blog post or the position paper of a strident advocate rather than the judicious reasonableness of a judicial ruling.And this is what puzzles about Judge Posner's decision.
Writing in today's FT, Pollin and Ash are careful to say this disproof doesn't mean governments can borrow "profligately", but "judicious deficit spending remains the single most effective tool we have to fight against mass unemployment caused by severe recessions".
Under the circumstances it is perhaps as well that the Lord Chamberlain should have interposed a judicious veto.
The big deals of the late 1990s reshaped the business landscape, even if not all of them were judicious.
In addition to the arts of field placing, motivation and bowling change, a good captain now must also possess the skill of the judicious review.
Investors would not dream of paying a performance fee to traditional fund managers merely for matching the market return, yet they cheerfully reward private-equity managers for the same feat.Of course, the private-equity groups claim that they have stockpicking and management skills, selecting the right companies to buy and then transforming them by judicious cost-cutting and investment.
In other words, that fine cabernet or shiraz may have been produced with a judicious addition of water.
Mun Verney, Ralph's heir, had insisted on marrying his second cousin Mary, whom he described, not especially flatteringly, as "a solid, judicious wench".
For the work, marvellously awash with judicious reflection on the latest scholarship though it is, is not really aimed at professional scholars.
By passing the rises on to customers early and with some judicious hedging it also reckons that 2008 could be a bumper year, particularly if commodity prices ease in the second half.
With judicious use of a fictional narrative he then draws the story forward, bringing in some startling new evidence for how HIV was able to spread so widely.To his credit, Mr Quammen does not shy away from the lurid question of the "next big one" that will be on readers' minds from the start.
