Shoppers at Trader Joe’s believe that certain products they purchase are manufactured by companies whose brands are well known and more expensive than those sold under the TJ brand. This article includes a video of taste tests that seek to determine the facts. Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2017
Politico – White House staff financial disclosures
“Details of the personal finances of many Trump White House officials went public on Friday, revealing the investments, previous salary and organizational ties of those entering government service. The White House began releasing the personal financial disclosure forms upon request through the White House web site. Officials stressed that the forms were likely to be… Continue Reading
Maryland Bans Fracking!
Potomac River Keepers – “The Maryland General Assembly passed a statewide fracking ban bill, HB 1325, with veto-proof majorities. Maryland is the third state to ban fracking, but the first state with gas reserves to pass a ban through the legislature. This victory was due to the massive statewide and people-powered grassroots campaign organized by the Don’t… Continue Reading
Now free: citation data from 14 million papers
Via Science – Dalmeet Singh Chawla – “…the Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC), a project aiming to make citation data free to all, formally announced today by six organizations, including the Wikimedia Foundation, publisher Public Library of Science, and the open-access journal eLife. So far, the initiative has partnered with 29 journal publishers to enable… Continue Reading
Artificial Intelligence and Law: A Six Part Primer
Artificial Intelligence and Law: A Six Part Primer – Professor Daniel Martin Katz, Chicago Kent College of Law (Updated Version 03.17.17) – PowerPoint Presentation – 271 slides. Continue Reading
CRS – Filibusters and Cloture in the Senate
Filibusters and Cloture in the Senate, Valerie Heitshusen, Specialist on Congress and the Legislative Process; Richard S. Beth, Specialist on Congress and the Legislative Process. April 7, 2017 [via FAS]: “The filibuster is widely viewed as one of the Senate’s most characteristic procedural features. Filibustering includes any use of dilatory or obstructive tactics to block… Continue Reading
U.S. Climate Change Regulation and Litigation: Selected Legal Issues
CRS Report – U.S. Climate Change Regulation and Litigation: Selected Legal Issues, Linda Tsang, Legislative Attorney. April 3, 2017 [via FAS] : “On March 28, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order to encourage and promote energy development by modifying climate change policies. As the Trump Administration implements its environmental policies, various legal challenges to… Continue Reading
Pew – wider partisan and ideological gap between younger, older generations
Pew Research Center: “The generation gap in American politics is dividing two younger age groups, Millennials and Generation X, from the two older groups, Baby Boomers and the Silent Generation. In 2016, as in recent years, Millennials and Gen Xers were the most Democratic generations. And both groups had relatively large – and growing –… Continue Reading
Here Are The Winners Of The 2017 Pulitzer Prizes
NPR: “Now in its 101st year, the prestigious prize recognized writers, artists and musicians of nearly every bent — from breaking news and cartooning, to fiction and drama. At a New York City ceremony Monday, Pulitzer Prize Administrator Mike Pride announced the 21 winners of the 2017 award. Below, you can find a list of… Continue Reading
The Future of Free Speech, Trolls, Anonymity and Fake News Online
Pew Report – “Many experts fear uncivil and manipulative behaviors on the internet will persist – and may get worse. This will lead to a splintering of social media into AI-patrolled and regulated ‘safe spaces’ separated from free-for-all zones. Some worry this will hurt the open exchange of ideas and compromise privacy..Since the early 2000s,… Continue Reading
Trump Visitor Logs Subject to FOIA Lawsuit
“The National Security Archive, together with the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University and the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), are filing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security for the release of the White House visitor logs today, April 10, in the federal District… Continue Reading
Paper – Copyright: The immoveable barrier that open access advocates underestimated
Copyright: The immoveable barrier that open access advocates underestimated, Richard Poynder, 20 February 2017. “In calling for research papers to be made freely available open access advocates promised that doing so would lead to a simpler, less costly, more democratic, and more effective scholarly communication system. To achieve their objectives they proposed two different ways… Continue Reading
