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Monthly Archives: April 2007
One Fish
An interesting follow up on an earlier entry I wrote for this blog on bottom-up self-regulation of fisheries by local fishing communities: An article in yesterday’s New York Times reveals that efforts on the part of Palau, a tiny archipelago … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
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Some Ask, Is Anonymity Still the Best Policy?
Last Wednesday, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper dropped all charges against the three Duke lacrosse players accused of raping a stripper one year ago. On Thursday, The News & Observer of Raleigh “outed” the accuser, identifying her by name. … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Freedom of Speech, Media
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Today our hearts are in Blacksburg
From: Gene Nichol To the College Community: Today our hearts are in Blacksburg, and broken. The massive and senseless violence suffered by our friends and colleagues at Virginia Tech is beyond our comprehension, and theirs. I know that many of … Continue reading
Posted in Virginia
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W&M & The RIAA
W&M friends who received Sam Sadler’s email about the RIAA going after W&M students might not be aware of how underhanded some of the RIAA’s tactics are. Here is an email J. Alex Chasick sent to Sam Sadler and Gene … Continue reading
Posted in Science/Technology
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Free Speech and MySpace
Our Office of Career Services has told us repeatedly to Google our names and see what comes up. They say employers are doing the same thing to research potential associates before they are even interviewed. But according to recent news, … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom of Speech, Science/Technology
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Felony Disenfranchisement
In Florida last week, Gov. Charlie Crist (R) broke from the ranks of many in his party and successfully voted with the Office of Executive Clemency to restore the voting rights of tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of ex-felons … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Election
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OurTube…
I contributed a piece to the National ACS Blog about C-SPAN’s copyright policies. Nancy Pelosi recently posted a video of herself speaking at a House Committee meeting onto her YouTube account. It was official C-SPAN footage, and so C-SPAN asked … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Science/Technology
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MADD about Immigration?
Bill O’Reilly and Geraldo Rivera got into a shouting match on television last week. It was very loud, and quite heated. [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0Gwz-2qB7o[/video] “This is the courtroom scene from ‘A Few Good Men’ after a case of Red Bull with the … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, Media, Virginia
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Massachusetts v. EPA
This is the case many have been waiting for. Massachusetts, along with many other petitioners, sued the EPA for failing to regulate carbon emissions, thereby putting the Massachusetts coastline at risk from the hazards of global warming. Massachusetts was countered … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, SCOTUS
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