Discussion of Obama’s work as a law prof at Chicago is making the rounds lately and the conclusion is much the same as it was at the Harvard Law Review…he assiduously avoids taking a stand in print and/or leaving a paper trail.

Here’s excerpt and link…

Teaching Law, Testing Ideas, Obama Stood Apart
NY Times
By JODI KANTOR
Published: July 30, 2008

The young law professor stood apart in too many ways to count. At a school where economic analysis was all the rage, he taught rights, race and gender. Other faculty members dreamed of tenured positions; he turned them down. While most colleagues published by the pound, he never completed a single work of legal scholarship.

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Daniel Halper of Commentary Magazine provides an insightful analysis of Ms Kantor’s article here…“Anecdotes from Professor Obama”

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