NEW CONTEST!!! Actually, it’s two, two, two contests in one. Send me entries for either of the contests; best ones will be published in approximately two weeks. (Note how cagey I’ve become about making promises….) Send all entries to eve_tushnet@yahoo.com .

1) When capitalism gives you lemons… This was inspired by this post over at The Volokh Conspiracy. You know those lists of different political systems and what they’d do with two cows? I want similar ideas–but fresh, funny, tart ‘n’ tangy, like a splash of lemon juice in the face…–that take off on the old adage, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” When Communism gives you lemons, what happens? When anarcho-syndicalism gives you lemons? When George W. Bush gives you lemons? Etc.

2) I joked about making the next contest, “Write a post about the farm bill as if you were Ivan Karamazov.” Then I thought, It’s so crazy, it just might work! So yeah. Write a post about the farm bill as if you were any major literary character—Winnie the Pooh, Raskolnikov, Madame Bovary, Molly Bloom, Romeo, Napoleon and/or Snowball, Scarlett O’Hara… the possibilities are endless. Go to town. No spoilers!

I am afroth with anticipation. Send me entries!!!