Apr
18
One Fish
April 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment
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 in Micronesia, to increase fish populations has been remarkably successful.
According to the article, the Palauan [...]
Apr
17
Some Ask, Is Anonymity Still the Best Policy?
April 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment
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. They were not the only to do so – Fox News, The New York Post, [...]
Apr
16
Today our hearts are in Blacksburg
April 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment
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 you, like me, have folks for whom you care deeply who have been touched, or worse, by [...]
Apr
13
W&M & The RIAA
April 13, 2007 | 1 Comment
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 Nichol; this, and the links at the bottom, should explain.
Dear Mr. Sadler and President Nichol,
In [...]
Apr
12
Free Speech and MySpace
April 12, 2007 | 5 Comments
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, all students need to be careful what their names are associated with. A middle school [...]
Apr
10
Felony Disenfranchisement
April 10, 2007 | 3 Comments
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 in the Sunshine State.
Gov. Crist and his cabinet members voted to to overhaul the state’s [...]
Apr
9
OurTube…
April 9, 2007 | 3 Comments
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 her to remove it.
Want to know how things turned out? Read the blog post over [...]
Apr
9
MADD about Immigration?
April 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment
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 volume knob cranked to 11,” said Matthew Felling, an analyst with the Center for Media and Public [...]
Apr
7
Massachusetts v. EPA
April 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment
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 by an equally impressive list of states and figures filing amicus briefs opposing its position. [...]
Apr
7
On Wednesday April 4th in room 119 students gathered for the annual American Constitution Society/Federalist Society debate. The topic for this year was, “A Pretentious President or a Cavalier Congress?: The Separation of Powers During Wartime.” Representing the American Constitution Society was Neil Kinkopf, an associate professor of law at Georgia State University, and representing [...]
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