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Monthly Archives: February 2009

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  • 27 Feb 2009

    Marci Hamilton to speak on religion and the law

    Marci Hamilton will join a panel discussion called Legal Responses to Abuse in Religious Communities on Tuesday, March 3. C-SPAN’s Book TV will be taping as well. The Justice Denied author’s panel will be part of a larger gathering: The Evolving Balance: Abuse in Religious Communities and the Law, presented by Cardozo Advocates for Kids. […]

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  • 27 Feb 2009

    ICC to arrest al-Bashir?

    Earlier this week, the Times reported that the International Criminal Court (ICC) will likely issue an arrest warrant for Sudan president Omar al-Bashir. This would be the first such warrant for a sitting head of state. ‘In an unusual statement on Monday, the three pretrial judges on the court said they were giving the date […]

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  • 25 Feb 2009

    Notes from the Field

    Southeast rep Alex Beguin braves the wintry cold of Western NY and lives to tell about it. Special bonus road mix-tape inside! On a recent trip to Western New York (yes, I traveled there in February), I learned about the resilience and optimism that still lies in the book business. The mantra of sales recently […]

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  • 24 Feb 2009
    The White House

    Are Obama’s advisers Honest Brokers?

    Roger Pielke’s The Honest Broker is a cautionary piece. So you’re a scientist, and in addition to your research, you want to engage the public sphere. Pielke’s point: when influencing policy, be an honest broker. Pretending to be impartial while plugging away at one’s own perspective only limits the viable options that could be considered […]

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  • 23 Feb 2009

    One man’s addiction to drunken writers

    The NYT column Proof is about alcohol and society, and on the 20th, former bartender Brian McDonald poured a literary concoction of drunken writers and poets, Under the Literary Influence. For McDonald, the literature is as addictive as the drink that inspired it. ‘But this is how addictions begin, subtly and then suddenly. Soon I […]

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  • 23 Feb 2009
    Paul Kinzer

    Cosmic Explosions You Can See

    The biggest bang we know of since the Big Bang was confirmed last Thursday, February 19. It’s Gamma-ray Burst (GRB) 080916C, spotted by NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope at 7:13 pm EDT on September 15th of last year. Scientists knew right away that it was an extremely powerful burst, but further study has shown that […]

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  • 20 Feb 2009

    Richard Bronk an important reminder

    Guardian economics editor Larry Elliot appreciates Richard Bronk’s point of view, that of putting imagination back into economics. It’s a call that’s been heard before, but was obviously forgotten. ‘There have been many economists down the years who have expressed scepticism about reducing their discipline to a mechanistic subject. Malthus told Ricardo to be wary […]

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  • 18 Feb 2009

    Going to Santa Cruz

    West coast rep Michael Baron recently visited some of the last, best places to keep culture and ideas alive in California.

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