Conservatives have evidently worked themselves into something of an incoherent snit over the FDA’s plans to limit sodium in processed foods. If I understand the anxiety correctly, a cooperative effort between the federal government, industry representatives and public health experts to gradually (and I would imagine quite modestly) reduce sodium levels over a ten-year period […]
Month: April 2010
Readers asked for more of these philanthropic quizzes, so here you are. For every quiz taker who leaves a name and email address, $2 will be donated toward the purchase of 20,000 solar powered flashli
In an unusual move for his campaign, Mickey Kaus has done something. In this case, issuing a press release venting some resentment over the fact that the Democratic Party’s leader is supporting the Democrat in the state’s Democratic primary. You will be surprised to learn, however, that Kaus believes that unions (rather than say, its […]
Inspirational email of the day from the HURIDOCS list-serv: The True Heroes ‘International Conference on Human Rights and the New Media’ was meticulously planned for 6 months, to be held on 19-20
Something I’ve always loved about the way soccer football is organized virtually everywhere not called North America is promotion and relegation. For the uninitiated, league “systemsR
Part of what I do is track emerging issue campaigns. Apparently the Review Conference of the International Criminal Court has become a focal point for some such campaigners. The conference, occurring later this Spring, includes a reassessment of “crimes under the court’s jurisdiction.” Well turns out British lawyer-turned-campaigner Polly Higgins has launched a campaign, arguing […]
Short answer: unlikely. I’ve been contemplating an approach to the sudden rise of the Liberal Democrats while busy trying to consider helping finish this paper I’m scheduled to present in
This Charlie Savage article about the politics of Obama’s Supreme Court nominations starts off by reminding us that attempting to preempt conservative claims that a Supreme Court nominee is a ra
Probably not. But only because the film does not have a celebrity figurehead equivalent to Al Gore. It does, on the other hand, have all the other ingredients: a solvable global problem (overfishing), frighteningly described through statistics and anecdotes (the oceans will be empty by 2048 if something isn’t done!), a clear and compelling description […]
The myth requires revision, but stolen library book is a fitting replacement for cut down cherry tree: Librarians in New York’s oldest library have uncovered a surprising book thief: George Wash
Apparently, when it’s the public release of the papers of a Nixon appointee to the Supreme Court. To wit: For example, while Judge Garland has not often dealt with social issues, at a 2005 boo