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Hyperpartisanship

E.J. Dionne in today's Post : "Hand-wringing over extreme partisanship has become a popular cause among learned analysts. They operate from Olympian he…

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Free Speech 2.0?

The Washington Post ran a story yesterday about postings on the website AutoAdmit, which calls itself "the most prestigious law school admissions discussio…

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Their values, not ours

Rory Stewart in today's Times:  "...I find that donor proposals encourage us to emphasize the negative aspects of local society. Many of our criticisms…

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Featured blog on Mediate.com

Hey, I just got chosen to be one of the featured blogs at Mediate.com. Cool! Check it out.  There's some great mediation blogs linked from there, including…

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Could use some moderation

The Capitol Steps, DC a cappella legends, with a great routine on the red/blue divide: YouTube video.…

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Hearsay Culture Information and Detritus

A few months ago I mentioned that I was unburdening this website with my schedule updates, etc. for my radio show/podcast Hearsay Culture.  And so it is done.…

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Is Using Open Wireless Networks Illegal?

Alaska police are considering pursuing criminal charges against a 21 year old who was playing online games in the parking lot of the local public library. The a…

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Patently Bad Move Gags Critics

Last week, RFID access device company HID Global got IOActive researcher Chris Paget to pull his talk from Black Hat DC because they claimed that demonstrating…

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How I started my mediation practice

There's an ADR-related game of blog tag going on out there around "how I started my mediation practice."  Tammy started it, I think, then Diane ta…

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Copynorms

In the last few weeks I bumped into several articles addressing the question why people feel OK to up- and download mp3s despite all the laws and legal threats,…