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Defending International Law
When we most need international law, it is most under attack. The right wing denounces international law constraints on national power while the left wing soun…
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NY Times Ombudsmen Finally Criticizes Paper
On Iraqi election weekend, NY Times reporter Judith Miller appeared on Hardball and said that the Bush Administration was reaching out to Ahmad Chalabi and had…
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Edwards to Teach Part-Time at UNC Chapel Hill Law
A big coup for UNC Law, through the initiative of Dean Gene Nichols: Edwards announced Friday that he will head a new nonpartisan center to study ways to move…
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American Solidarity with Iraqis
The image of Americans dipping their fingers in blue ink in solidarity with brave Iraqis is striking. Before the war, we assumed that the ordinary people of Ir…
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Internet and Society News -- 050204
"Dismantling the New Deal for Over 1 Month" COMPETITION ========== SBC's big bid for Ma Bell $16 billion deal with telephony stalwart A…
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Wireless in Subways?
My friend Shane tells me that Blackberrys work in the NY subways because they run on old radio pager technology. Apparently, the subways have long had radio tr…
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Vote for Top Legal Thinkers
As I mentioned a couple of months ago, the magazine Legal Affairs is conducting an online poll of the top 20 Legal Thinkers in America. Of course, they recogn…
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Rumsfeld and Responsiblity
CNN.com reminds us that last year, In the middle of the controversy, Rumsfeld appeared before Congress and said he took "full responsibility" for wha…
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Restoring your hard drive's music from an iPod after a crash
A few months ago, my Mac crashed and I had to restore the system from scratch. All the music on my computer was gone. But wait--all the music was synced up to…
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Some thoughts about the Copyright Office comments
I've been thinking about the recent copyright office call for comments on orphan works. What is it that I would wish? The word that keeps coming back to m…
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Bush Unveils Privatization Strategy: Divide and Conquer
The President will announce that those 55 and older will not face benefit changes in their social security. (Presumably, those 55 years or older who are still…
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Secretary General Bill Clinton?
The Washington Post reports on rumors that Bill Clinton may be interested in becoming the next Secretary General. Clinton recently joined forces with the U.N.…