Dissident Voice describes itself as “a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and justice.” It presents a perspective that most readers would describe as Far Left. Although I am generally not put off by the articles that appear in it, some of them are written from points of view that are considerably more radical…
Leslie Combs is a member of Kentucky’s House of Representatives. Last week, while she was in her office at the state capital, she was unloading a handgun and the gun accidentally went off. Another legislator was in the office but was not hit by the bullet. When addressing the local media about the incident, Combs…
Dear Mr. McMillon: Congratulations on your appointment as Chief Executive Officer at Walmart. As a long-time Walmart executive, we know that you are deeply familiar with the hard work and many challenges facing associates at Walmart. Thousands of OUR Walmart members in stores across the country stand ready to work with you to change Walmart…
January 30, 2014 Via U.S. Mail and E-Mail To: The Hon. Solomon Oliver, Jr., Council Chairperson Barry A. Currier, Managing Director of Accreditation and Legal Education Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar American Bar Association 321 N. Clark Street, 21st Floor Chicago, IL 60654-7958 RE: Comments on Proposed Revisions to Standard 405…
David Lowery Singer | Songwriter Lecturer, Terry College of Business University of Georgia January 28, 2014 I. Introduction Chairman Goodlatte, Chairman Coble, Ranking Member, and Members of the Subcommittee, My name is David Lowery and I am a mathematician, writer, musician, producer and entrepreneur based in Richmond, VA and Athens, GA. While studying mathematics at the University…
The New York Senate has passed Assembly Bill A.8392 to cut off state aid to any academic organization that supports a boycott. As the NYU AAUP noted, “Elected officials are seeking to use their fiscal powers to limit the range of academic expression simply because they disagree with its content. Passing this legislation would set…
In my original post with this title, I applauded the use of cheese brine—the wastewater from the cheese-making process—to keep more road salt on Wisconsin roadways during the winter months. Apparently this innovation has been replicated in a wide variety of ways in a number of other snow-belt states. So, like the seemingly ridiculous concept…
Professor Peter Jaszi Washington College of Law American University Washington, D.C. January 28, 2014 FAIR USE NOW I teach copyright law at the American University law school here in DC. For last decade or so, most of my work as a scholar, an activist and (occasionally) a litigator has focused on the…
Adjunct academics have been ignored, dismissed, underpaid, and exploited, but now somebody finally fears them. Unfortunately, it is a group of NIMBY residents in Evanston near Northwestern University who worry that adjunct faculty might live near them and lower property values. The Southeast Evanston Association expressed fears in an email about a proposed extended stay…
June M. Besek Executive Director of the Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts and Lecturer-in-Law, Columbia Law School jbesek@law.columbia.edu January 28, 2014, 2:00 p.m. Thank you, Chairman Goodlatte, Chairman Coble, Ranking Member Conyers, and members of the Committee. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. My name is June Besek. I am the Executive Director…