Archive for February, 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. [...]
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 in [...]
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 is [...]
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 [...]
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 found [...]
